Scottish Gaelic translation

good luck - most of the gaelic translations on the net appear to be Irish Gaelic.
I usually work from the oxford translation dictionary - I only know 1 or 2 words. Keep in mind, though, translations will vary according to the region of the translator - regional dialect had an impact, like any other ancient or modern language, although the basics should remain the same.

I don't know if this will help, check out Diana Gabaldons Outlander series, which I found to be a wealth of info.

Tell me what you want to say (please, just short phrases; I'm really trying to finish my dissertation) and let me know where in Scotland, roughly, and the time period.

Ciamar a tha thu?

Look for "The Outlandish Companion", a non-fiction guide to Gabaldon's series written by Diana Gabaldon. She includes some basic Scots Gaelic words and phrases within the volume.

This page of links may also help:

http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/

And this one:

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Scottish-english/

And this:

http://members.tripod.com/~scotgaelic/phrases.html

Suas Leis a' Ghàidhlig



Mar sin leibh an dràsda

I have a Scottish Gaelic Dictionary I picked up from B&N, so I could probably translate at least words, if not phrases. I can't help too much with the grammar, though.

The Beeb do a gaelic website. I can't remember it exactly, but it's
colinandcumberland ???

Keep in mind that Gaelic has sound changes or mutations that depend on the way a word is used grammatically.

The word mo, or the first single possessive pronoun lenites or softens some initial letters of the following noun -- a word beginning with c will begin with ch, for example, following mo.

I'm reviving this thread in the hope that someone can help me out with a few sentences in Scots Gaelic. I don't have anything particular to translate, as I'm hoping for something more natural than a direct translation. Just a few sentences that an outraged mother might say when she walks in the door to see her only daughter in a, shall we say, compromising position with a strange man.

I'm also looking for a very mild insult, something equivalent to 'moron' or 'idiot'. Something that a friend might call another in a joking way without hurting any feelings.

The character is from the Inner Hebrides and this takes place in the first half of the 20th century.

I could be wrong, my Scots Gaelic days are long behind me, but I believe "amadan" might be the kind of word you're looking for. Means "fool", loosely, and I think is actually still in use some today, for those few rare people who still speak the language.

The gender of the fool in question makes a difference

amadon (various spellings, sometimes with a, sometimes with o) is a male fool.

A female fool would be oinseach (also various spellings but pronounced something like onchuck or onshuck).

Ah, thank you! The fool is male, so thank you for pointing that out.