Hey!
I need a translation for a tattoo I'm going to get soon..
I got a translation from a man in a pub i Dublin, but I have to
compare it with something to be sure it's right.

I also like to have the text in a nice celtic font, but I don't understand all the
letters on the note I got from the man, so maybe anybody her can help me
with that too?

The text I like to get transelated is;
Behind every beautifull girl
there's a guy who did her wrong
and made her strong.



Thank you in advance

Please post the translation you received. There's no way we can tell you if it's right or wrong without seeing it...and there's no way you can tell if it's right or wrong if you don't speak Irish. There can be many ways to say something in any language, and comparing what we might offer to what you already have without knowing the language is a recipe for disaster.

Folks, especially if you're new to this kind of thing, when someone says he or she has "received a translation" from somewhere else, it's generally good policy not to offer a translation until the person posts the previous translation.

Redwolf

It's handwritten so it's a little bit hard to understand all the letters,
and it don't seems to be posible to post a photo here, so I
try my best to copy the text. I hope you recognize the words
and correct them for me..

Taubh shiar do gach cailín áil?ann
tá f?ar a rínne botún agus a rínne
an cailín láaidir.

From what you've typed, it looks like he wrote:

Taobh shiar do gach cailín álainn
Tá fear a rinne botún agus a rinne
an cailín láidir.

It's better Irish than I expected, to be honest, but I'm not sure it's the best way to way what you want. Gives us something to start with, though!

That literally comes out to:

In the back of every beautiful girl
There is a man who made a mistake and who made
the girl strong.

The English quote if full of idioms, so let's let some of the more experienced translators work with this and see if we can come up with something that's a bit more idiomatic in Irish.

(Guys, am I correct that there would need to be an "ann" after "fear" in the second line?)

Wait for more input.

Redwolf

Okey, sounds good, looking forward to more input.
Thanks.

Normally yes, but I think the taobh thiar replaces ann here.

I think do should technically be de but the two are interchangeable in colloquial Irish.

I would "correct" it to:

Taobh shiar de gach cailín álainn
atá fear a rinne éagóir uirthi
agus a rinne cailín láidir di.

"('Tis) behind every beautiful girl
(that there) is a man who did her wrong
and who made a strong girl of her."

Await further input ...

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Your changing to atá is making little sense to me, a Bhreandáin. I would have considered tá more correct - well not really, 'cos I think it should be bíonn which is why, I think, yoiu may have been put off in the fist place.

Taobh thiar....


There might be a better idiomatic way to say it anyhow. As "behind" is used idiomatically too isn't it?

Yes, I think I changed the emphasis by doing that and bíonn is more appropriate, since it is "every girl".


I wrote taobh thiar in my post but forgot to correct the working copy.

Here is a revised version:

Taobh thiar de gach cailín álainn,
bíonn fear a rinne éagóir uirthi
agus a rinne cailín láidir di.

"Behind every beautiful girl
There is a man who did her wrong
and who made a strong girl of her."

Await further input, especially answers to Bríd's question ...

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Appreciate the help so far!