Hi,

I've spent the last day looking for an Irish translator, aware that I'd have to pay for the service and was quite happy to do so, but seems I had drastically under-estimated the price, I was quoted £678 for about 1000 words but with not working at the moment due to ill health, I can't afford that. I appreciate it's a lengthy document that I wish to have translated into Irish, but £100 was my limit, seems I know nothing about the cost of things these days.

This is a rather long shot I know, but I was wondering if anyone knew anywhere I could have it done for around £100 and I only have a few days to get it done? I actually had 4 weeks to do it, but with chemo, I just couldn't be bothered, my fault, my laziness, my lack of spirit, so yes I know I should have had it sorted.

I hope I don't cause anyone any offence.

Thank You.

Braoin previously posted the following link, which contains a list of translators accredited by Foras na Gaeilge:

http://www.gaelicmatters.com/irish-translator.html

I have no idea what the going rate is in Ireland at the moment. Often pricing depends on the degree of technical difficulty.

If the material is not too confidential, you could put it up here and we could attempt a translation for free but there is no guarantee that the process would be completed within the few days you have. You may have to keep things moving by bumping the thread for more input.

If the material is too confidential for that, then you can consider it advertised here and I would encourage anyone interested in doing the job for that price (in light of your circumstances, etc.) perhaps to PM you about it and discuss it privately.

In the meantime, if a free translation through us is not an option I'd be contacting as many people as possible on the above list to see if anyone will take on the job.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

is it normal in Ireland or are they really crazy? I did translations and the average price is about 0,13€ for each word among translators. Anyway if you offer a price that's too high, people just go and look for another translator...
If your translation isn't too long and difficult, I guess several of us here can do it for free (I can anyway). How long is it and what is it about?

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

You would need to decide in what dialect you would like the translation. There are three main dialects: Ulster, Connaught and Munster. There is a standard form (caighdeán) which is what is often used for documents (it is a bit of an agreed combination). Before anyone does anything, you need to know which you want or you will get different versions of sentences - which may all be correct, but will not be consistent.

As I do not have the expertise of others around here, that is my bit of the job done!

........unless you need a smilie face added at regular intervals, in which case, my expertise may be crucial to the success of the project......

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Welcome to the forum, by the way!

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If you are translating common languages of a similar nature with a lot of competing translators, as happens in Europe, then you might find such low prices. The rarer the combination the higher a translator can charge, especially if few people can do the combination in question (such as Japanese to Irish ). But £678 does sound a bit steep for 1000 words.


Seconded.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Have you done Japanese to Irish translations? That is cool!

Someone from Inis Oirr told me a few years ago that they had an event there with Irish and French people, some spoke both languages, but many spoke only one of them. Most/All people present spoke English. The entire even was bilingual - Irish and French and not a word of English all night, even though no translating would have had to be done if it had been the language of the evening!

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. Well, I have made a few attempts to find a professional translator, the first was looking for ridiculous money, the second quoted me slightly less, albeit still ridiculous and the third refused point blank to take on the translation when I revealed to him the nature of the text, which is fair enough, I know everyone has different views.

It is a political essay in reference to the previous and current political situation here in the North, so yes I can understand anyone's hesitation in taking on the job, if their views are the opposite of mine, which being realistic, most people's opinions probably differ to mine, such is life.

Thank you all for your input, genuinely appreciated.

Bump.

(Hope that's all right to do.)

That is exactly what you should do to move your post up the list.

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