HI! I would very much appreciate a translation for "By faith and the grace of God" to be incorporated into my tattoo. Thanks!!!!

Le Creideamh agus Grásta Dé

please wait on correction.

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Good start, a Thaoisigh, but I think we need to repeat the preposition in Irish (even though we don't in English):

Le creideamh agus le grásta Dé

Await further input ...

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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).

Thank you both!! I'll check back in a bit... patiently awaiting

I think I'd prefer trí here, what do ye think? The above looks OK too, though.

Thanks for the input Gumbi!! What ever you guys think... It's going above a partially torn heart with wings... Left wing's being tugged by a hand and the right side of the heart being held from underneath by another hand with a halo hung on the thumb (my design) Any suggestions on a font stlye?

Agreed that the preposition needs repeating—otherwise, it says “with the faith and grace of God”, and the faith is not supposed to be God’s, of course.

On the whole, I agree with Gumbi that trí is probably better here. With le, it feels more like we go through whatever is being described (love, life, the universe, everything, thank you for all the fish, etc.) with faith and the grace of God as our companions, helping us through it. But in “by faith and the grace of God”, I feel they play a stronger role than just one of companionship: they’re more enablers than just helpers. Trí chreideamh agus trí ghrásta Dé (“through faith and the grace of God”) gets that through better.

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Not a native speaker.

Always wait for at least three people to agree on a translation, especially if it’s for something permanent.

My translations are usually GU (Ulster Irish), unless CO (Standard Orthography) is requested.

It might be a possibility, Gumbi, certainly. I did look into the preposition before agreeing with Taoiseach. Apart from just "feeling" right, I found phrases like le do ghrásta also supported this use of le and didn't see a need to change it.


Vincent Morley's Bunchló is my favourite (but by no means the only one):

Le creideaṁ agus le grásta Dé

You can find other nice fonts by Vincent at his Gaelchló site.

There are other fonts that you can try at wdsci's Textwriter site. More info: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=113


(Crossed with kokoshneta but I stand by my assessment. Other opinions are welcome, of course, so keep them coming: two for le and two for trí, so far. )

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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).

I DO like "through faith and the grace of God" better... Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! So now which?

"through" better conveys the meaning of what I'm trying to say!! Am I being too much of a pain? Sorry...