Hello!

My name is Brent and I am trying to find a translation for the phrase "Always trust in who you are" for a tattoo I am hoping to get. I have already been posting on irishgaelictranslator.com, and have gotten some great responses, but I am looking for more insight/opinions. So far (from the other website) we have gotten to these differing translations:

1- Bíodh muinín agat i gcónaí as an duine atá ionat.

2- Bíodh muinín agat i gcónaí asat féin mar dhuine.

3- Cuir muinín i gcónaí sa duine atá ionat.

4- Cuir muinín i gcónaí ionat féin mar dhuine.

I would appreciate it very much if I could get some critiques of these translations and maybe some suggestions for which one would be best, or how we could adjust them to be better. Please post even if you are agreeing with them so that I know!

Also, please be very careful about spelling and grammar, as I will have no idea how to correct these errors (as I do not speak the language).

Thank you all in advance!

Bí dílis do do chroí féin

Hi Carmanach,

Could you possibly clarify if the phrase above was a comment on my post or if it was another translation suggestion, and if possible could you explain to me the literal english translation?

Anyone who would like to is encouraged to comment! I need help with this!

Thank you very much.

It is an alternative:
Be faithful to your own heart

2 and 4 are fine, but awkward.

1 and 3 feel wrong.

It really depends on what you mean by the english phrase.

All of the expressions given by the original poster above are clumsy and unlikely to be used by native speakers.

Bíodh muinín agat dhuit féin i gcónaí

"dhuit"?? Asat a déarfainn. Ach is fearr liom leagan an Charmanaigh.

''dhuit féin'' = for yourself

Is minic a chloistear rudaí mar seo i gcaint na Gaeltachta seachas an réamhfhocal ''as'' srl.

"Asat" a bheadh agamsa freisin.

Ach is cinnte go bhfuil blas níos fearr ar leagan an Charmanaigh.

Is minic lom thiontú ar nath theibí mar seo a bheith bacach.

"rudaí mar seo" - céard iad mar rudaí? Úsáid "do" i leaba "as", úsáid réamhfhocail i leaba réamhfhocail eile, nó rudaí eile ar fad?

Bíodh muinín agat dhuit féin = be confident, for your own sake
Níl foinse luaite leis an muinín san abairt seo - ní léir cé acu ab é féinmhuinín diamhuinín nó eile é. Tá foinse ar leith i gceist leis an mbunleagan agus ba chóir don aistriúchán bheith dílis dó sin.

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''dhuit féin'' = for yourself

Is minic a chloistear rudaí mar seo i gcaint na Gaeltachta seachas an réamhfhocal ''as'' srl.

tá muinín ag duine AS duine eile. Ní dh'airíos riamh "muinín ag duine DO dhuine eile".

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Bíodh muinín agat dhuit féin i gcónaí

Dá mbeadh san féin fíor "duit" an rud ceart, gan séimhiú, toisc consan a bheith díreach roimis.

Hello again. I was the original poster, but I was not a member yet so it did not appear under my username.

I appreciate all your help very much, but I'm not sure what any of you are saying, as I do not speak the language.

Could anyone please explain what some of the above posts are saying in english, or from now on explain what your corrections are and why you are making them?

Again, thank you very much for your input!

-Brent

There was a discussion about muinín - whether it would be "asat" or "duit".

Consensus of the above was:
The translations you got are unnatural/awkward

Possible alternatives are

Bí dílis do do chroí féin	be true to your own heart
Bíodh múinín agat asat féin i gcónaí	have confidence in yourself always

If you could elaborate on what the phrase really means in English - "Always trust in who you are"

what is the "who you are" that you are placing your trust in? Your ethnicity? Your experience? Or something else?

Then we might get a better version.

Thank you Aonghus.

I was thinking of it as "Always trust in who you are (as a person)." Meaning your own personality and beliefs. This would basically mean the same thing as "be true to your own heart" above.

Does anyone agree/disagree with what has been presented thus far?

Thanks,

Brent

quote:

This would basically mean the same thing as "be true to your own heart" above.

Then go with that: it is the most natural sounding one.

Thanks!

Does anyone agree/disagree with Aonghus???

I agree (and presumably Carmanach does too, as it was his translation!)

I do like Carmanach's translation. I have been bouncing your suggestions back and forth with irishgaelictranslator.com's forum and it was suggested that adjusting the translation to read:

Bí dílis i gcónaí do do chroí féin

would include "always" as in the original translation request.

Your thoughts?

It would, but it's slightly less wieldy. Up to you really.