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I want to say my wedding vows in Scottish Gaelic, but I am lost on pronunciation and I don't know that learning the language will help me with this one phrase. i need to HEAR the words in Gaelic to learn them. Is there any online tool that i can just input the English and/or Gaelic text into and have it spoken to me in Gaelic?

2007-11-27 15:09:33 · 6 answers · asked by Mindy 2 in Society & Culture Languages

i need to know how to say this:

Tha mise a-nis 'gad ghabhail-sa gu bhith 'nam chéile phòsda. Ann am fianais Dhé 's na tha seo de fhianaisean tha mise a' gealltainn a bhith 'nam fhear pòsda dìleas gràdhach agus tairis dhuitsa, cho fad's a bhios an dìthis againn beò.

2007-11-27 15:30:38 · update #1

Both of our sets of Grandparents are immigrants from Scotland, and tradition and family history are very important to us. Even if it is not our primary spoken language, speaking our vows in Gaelic would further bind our families; past, present, and future. Furthermore - it's OUR wedding!

2007-11-27 15:34:19 · update #2

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My question is why you would want to say possibly the most important thing you have ever said in a language that neither of you understand. Sounds like you are not taking those vows very seriously if you don't want anyone, especially your spouse, to understand what you are saying.

LATER EDIT: If your relations speak Scots Gaelic then politely ask one of them to teach you and swear him/her to secrecy if you want it to be a surprise to everyone else.

2007-11-27 15:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1 0

While there are translation programs (like http://bablefish.altavista.com/), they don't commonly support languages like Gaelic. These programs tend to translate word by word, not able to take in the context of the sentance. For example "lead" - is this "lead" as in "where you lead, I will follow" or is it "lead" as in "superman can't see through lead" or "eat hot lead", etc. These programs often make mistakes.

Again, there are "text to speech" programs, but they don't commonly support Gaelic.

I suspect you will need to find someone (a human) who speaks Gaelic who is willing to record it for you (maybe as an MP3 and e-mail it to you?). Hopefully someone here will chime in - if not, e-mail me - I might know someone though it may be a long shot.

A local hostpital may have contacts of people they call upon to interpret? They might know someone in your area who speaks Gaelic.

2007-11-27 15:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by Damocles 7 · 2 0

You can try it out in an electronics shop in chennai, Ritchie street.
Else can try in New York, America.

2007-11-27 15:12:58 · answer #3 · answered by willfin d 2 · 0 1

You can check ebay..and any college book store...look on line at overstock.com and book stores..call them and i'm sure you can find that...not a hard item just have look hard

2007-11-27 15:13:27 · answer #4 · answered by ROXCEE 1 · 0 1

This site may help with vocalizing...
http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/

2007-11-27 15:20:01 · answer #5 · answered by paul h 7 · 0 0

http://www.languageguide.org/

2007-11-28 00:04:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

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