GURA MAITH AGUT SLAINTE - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of GURA MAITH AGUT SLAINTE

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260 months ago

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Language pair:	Gaelic Scottish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	GURA MAITH AGUT SLAINTE
Context:	A BAGPIPER HAS THIS ON HIS CAR
Keywords:	-

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260 months ago

Tony Pratschke wrote:

Thanks! Cheers!

My comment:

I think that there is missing punctuation. 'GURA MAITH AGUT' means 'thank you' and 'SLAINTE' means 'health'. The word for 'and' is 'agus' but it does not occur here. I would go for the less literal but more up-beat translation as 'Thanks, cheers'

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260 months ago

geraldine wrote:

Thank you and good health

My comment:

Slainte literally means health, also used like "cheers", "good luck" etc.

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