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    Clan motto translation to Scots Gaelic

    My heritage is predominately from MacQueen. The clan motto is "Constant and Faithful". I'm looking for someone who could translate this into a Scots Gaelic phrase.

    Although I could translate the individual words, I'm afraid the result wouldn't be correct. The words constant and faithful are so close in meaning that I wouldn't be surprised if the translation were a single word.

    I would be willing to pay a reasonable fee or make a trade of some kind.

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    I plugged it into Google Translate and used Irish, the closest language it has. It came up with "Leanúnach agus dílis". When I copied that and translated it back to English, it came up with "Ongoing and faithful". Might be a good starting point anyways.
    "Don't give up what you want most for what you want now."
    Just my 2˘ worth.

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    Seasmhach is děleas (pronounced shaysh-vachk iss jee-lish) is one version in Scots Gaelic.

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    Figheadair is accurate. As there is no idiom involved, this is a straightforward translation that you can use with confidence. My pronunciation guide would be

    shesvuch iss jeelus.

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    Thank you both Figheadair, duke_19_62, and Robbiethepiper. Would you like a pair of hand knitted kilt hose garters with my thanks?
    Last edited by kiltedrennie; 6th December 14 at 01:57 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiltedrennie View Post
    Thank you both Figheadair, duke_19_62, and Robbiethepiper. Would you like a pair of hand knitted kilt hose garters with my thanks?
    That would be lovely thanks.

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