Should be "dochum glóire níos mó Dé"...

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

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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.

Tuighe 'bhfuil tú sna trithí?

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"Why are you laughing?"

Possibly because dochum glóire níos mó Dé looks more like "for the bigger glory of God" or "for more glory of God"? And the register seems a little inappropriate. (Correct me if I am putting words in your mouth, kokoshneta. )

I think "greater" here means "more exalted", hence my attempt to incorporate it as ardghlóire.


For those joining us late, the Irish constitution has Dochum Glóire Dé "For the Glory of God" and the request here is for "For the Greater Glory of God" so we are trying to find an appropriate way to add the meaning of "Greater" into Dochum Glóire Dé (if that is even the right way to tackle this.) Alternative suggestions welcome.

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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).

No, that’s more or less it. Except I’d say it looks more like “for the glory of more God”, which is why I assumed it was a joke.

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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.

Hadn't seen that but now that you mention it ...

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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'm having difficulty with the translations offered for 'For the greater glory of God'. This is the motto of Jesuits worldwide (I'm in a Jesuit school as it happens). To me it means 'ever striving to glorify/praise God more'. It can't be about God's glory (as a characteristic), as this is infinite. It has to be about man's endeavours to show greater reverence and serve God better. This fits with the Jesuit notion of the 'magis', meaning 'more' - what more can I do to serve God?

So I'm suggesting a slightly diffferent tack to reflect my interpretation of the phrase. Something to inspire further discussion anyway.

Chun glóiriú Dé a mhéadú
Literally: To increase the glorification of God.

There's some discussion here:
http://amdgmagis.blogspot.com/2010/02/f ... e-for.html

I've just looked up the word 'glory' as I was doubting myself.

A couple of meanings:

1. beauty, splendour etc.

2. praise and thanks.

It is this second meaning that I think is appropriate, but I think the word 'giving' is implied in this particular phrase, and so I suggest glóiriú rather than glóir. i.e. 'glory' here has the same sense as 'glorification' in my opinion.

All fine except that someone (and since it was for the Constitution, I would suggest that it was in fact "several someones") already decided that glóire was the appropriate word in Dochum Glóire Dé as the transaltion for the original Latin Ad Dei Gloriam from which the Jesuit version Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam derives.

Borrowing from Lughaidh's contribution, perhaps:

Níos Mó Chun Glóire Dé "More for the Glory of God" as in (ag déanamh) níos mó chun glóire Dé "(doing) more for the glory of God".

or Tuilleadh Chun Glóire Dé "More for the Glory of God"

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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).