Gaelic phrase translation

[Profane James]

best to consult with people who actually speak the target language to ensure that the intended meaning is properly represented.

My intention, and why I thought I should include context. Those literal translations capture the context perfectly, though Irish.

[freep]

Personally, I would prefer nothing to a bad translation. I'd simply stick with the English.

Secondly, I'd say something like, "Bíonn sé ar nós againn na rudaí riachtanacha a dhéanamh" -- it is our habit to do the required things (literal translation from Irish). Or perhaps, "Déanann muid na rudaí atá de dhíth" -- we do the things that are needed (again, a very literal translation from Irish). As with many languages, making direct translations from one language to another can be tricky and troublesome which is why it's best to consult with people who actually speak the target language to ensure that the intended meaning is properly represented.

Regards,
Jonathan

I know what you mean. I've been guilty of using Google Translate on occasion but with the hope that someone will point out the error of my ways with a more correct rendering--this being a sort of left handed method of getting something near correct.

On the other hand before I got my y Ddraig Goch tattoo I researched the hell out of the word, included--hiraeth. Tattoos are rather permanent.

[freep]

Oh, also, how much difference is the between Scots and Irish Gaelic?

[OC Richard]

They're two different languages, though with an underlying shared core vocabulary, much like Spanish and Portuguese, or German and English.

Years ago there were parties here which Irish and Gaelic speakers would attend. I am told that they were able to communicate well enough to not need to resort to English.

[Profane James]

I believe I have an answer, and from a human source...

An rud as fheudar, as fheudar e. (What must be done, must be done)

[The Q]

They're two different languages, though with an underlying shared core vocabulary, much like Spanish and Portuguese, or German and English.

Years ago there were parties here which Irish and Gaelic speakers would attend. I am told that they were able to communicate well enough to not need to resort to English.

I'd confirm this my brother is fluent in Gaidhlig (Uist dialect) when he went to Ireland he had no real problem conversing to Gaeilge speakers.

From what I have read and speaking (in English) to my brother each Island had it's own dialect as did different areas of Ireland. Only in recent times, are the Irish and Scots Gaelic being standardized into their own National formats.

This is no different to English in that years ago different areas of England could converse with each other but with some difficulty due to differences in Dialects and word usage.
I occasionally meet a real "Norfolk Bor" who is in his eighties and have problems understanding him sometimes, whereas modern children in the area, who've been watching a more standardized language on TV and spend longer with a mixed English descent crowd at school have little accent now.

(Bor means male friend in Old Norfolk, sometimes incorrectly corrupted to Boy, from the old English meaning peasant)