I'm going to be getting a new tattoo soon, and I would very much like for it to be in Irish Gaelic. If you would please help me with translating (meaning is more important than actual words, of course), I would be extremely appreciative. I would also like to know how to pronounce the phrase correctly.

Thank you very much for your assistance. This phrase holds great significance to me.

"I think there is, in the heart of a man, a place made for wonder. It sleeps inside, awaiting fulfillment."

That is the part I need translated for my tattoo. The full quote, if you're curious, is:

"I think there is, in the heart of a man, a place made for wonder. It sleeps inside, awaiting fulfillment. All one's life, one gathers treasures to fill it. Sometimes they are tiny glistening jewels; a flower blooming in the shelter of a fallen tree, the arch of a small child's brow combined with the curve of her cheek. Sometimes, however, a trove falls into your hands all at once, as if some great chest spilled before an unsuspecting beholder."

I don't need the full quote translated, lol. I only need the first two sentences, as I posted above.

Again, I thank you for your time and assistance.

Blessings!

Scoot

I'll give this a shot. Please wait for correction.

Tá ceantar, dar liomsa, i lár an fear, áit d'ionadh. Codlaíonn sé taobh istigh, ag iarraidh lánsástacht.

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i lár an fhir

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Nuair a shuíonn an coileach péacoige ar a thóin, níl ann ach turcaí
Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

Ceapaim go bhfuil áit don iontas, i gcroílár fir. Codlaíonn sí istigh ag fanacht ar lánsástacht

another try

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Nuair a shuíonn an coileach péacoige ar a thóin, níl ann ach turcaí
Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

Thank you

I'll not be getting the tattoo for another few weeks, so I certainly have time to make absolutely certain of the translation before it's permanently attached to my body, lol. I don't need to be featured on the Gaelic version of Engrish.

Another go (stealing ideas left right and center):

Ceapaim go bhfuil ball i gcroí an duine, ball le haghaidh iontais. Codlaíonn sé istigh, ag fanacht ar lánsástacht.


( One of the problems with being a translator is that you have to look beyond a beautiful, poetic phrase and ask silly questions like "how does a place sleep?" And then try to ignore them again. )

As always, 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).

You gotta lot of "balls"" to put that up

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Nuair a shuíonn an coileach péacoige ar a thóin, níl ann ach turcaí
Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

What? Have I ballsed something up?

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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).

Naw...it just struck me as punny....yours is fine.. I meant ball as in bowel

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Nuair a shuíonn an coileach péacoige ar a thóin, níl ann ach turcaí
Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

T.G.

Sorry about that.

Tá ceantar, dar liomsa, i lár an fhir, áit d'ionadh. Codlaíonn sé taobh istigh, ag iarraidh lánsástacht.

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