Well, my friends. This post will be rather short and sweet as there was no Gaelic! I think Àdhamh himself puts it best:
@rtidwell730 I know. Deepest, darkest Highlands and no Gaelic, och well 😉
— Àdhamh Ó Broin (@Gaeliconsultant) May 10, 2015
As a treat though, I am including this wee video with Àdhamh teaching a bit of Gaelic for TV Guide. So let’s all practice our Gaelic and hope we can even hear more next week while we are cringing through Wentworth.
Slàn-leat an drasta!
I think I like this episode more every time I watch it. And even though there’s not Gaelic in them, I think the scenes between Jenny and Claire are my favorites. That being said, here is the Gaelic I could translate. Note that I’m still waiting on final confirmation for the final thing that Jamie says right before the ambush.
5:46 MacQuarrie to Ian for sword
Taing dhut – Thank you
8:36 Jamie to MacQuarrie saying where he’s from.
Na h-Innse Gall – The Western (foreign) Isles
10:33 MacQuarrie toasting
Slàinte mhath – good health
12:14 Jamie to Rabby
A bhalaic – lad
Rabbie answering
Gun dàil – without delay
Most of this is under Jamie’s breath and I can’t make it out. If anyone else can, leave me a comment.
15:11 Jamie to the dogs
Ist -quiet (several people pointed this out and I think they’re right.)
26:40 Jamie exclaims
Ifrinn – Hell!
Jamie yelling
Still awaiting confirmation on this one. Will update the post when I have it.
Thanks to some excellent sleuthing by GreatScot! reader Alex, we now have the Gaelic translation for the phrase on Brian Fraser’s tombstone.
Brian’s grave has Song of Solomon 4:6: “Gus am bris an là, agus an teich na sgàilean” — “Until the day break, and the shadows flee away” (KJV). Found it in a Gàidhlig translation of the Old Testament.
If you missed my first post with the Gaelic translations for Episode 112 – Lallybroch, you can find it here.
Well, wasn’t that episode something? From a story standpoint, it was quite the adaptation and I can’t wait to hear all the opinions (of which I am sure there will be many and varied). From a Gaelic standpoint though, episode 112 was a gold mine and we had the most Gaelic since episode 105 – Rent. Hopefully many of you are starting to recognize several of these words and phrases, as we have encountered them in previous episodes! Consider this a test and see how well you do.
I think I caught most, if not absolutely all, of the Gaelic and I only had to consult the oracle in two places. I call that success!
Also, I want to point out yet again how much outstanding work has gone into this accurate portrayal of Gaelic in Outlander by Àdhamh, Sam, Laura and the rest of the cast! I’m not sure there has every been anything like it attempted, certainly not by an American production.
4:15 Jamie on seeing Lallybroch
Tha an sin! – There it is!
6:58 Jenny to young Jamie
Mo chridhe – My heart
7:10 Jenny to Jamie
A ghràidh – love (as an address/endearment)
10:06 Ian to Claire
Slàinte – Cheers
19:31 Jamie carrying the chest up the stairs
Taing a Dhia! – Thank God!
20:28 Jamie pulling out sword
Seo (under his breath) – here
31:16 Jamie receiving bottle
Ah, glè mhath. – Ah, very well.
Taing dhut. – Thank you.
32:24 Jamie collecting rents
Tha thu ag iarraidh deoch? – You want a drink?
Tha – Yes
Gabh deoch – Take a drink
32:32 Ian receiving rent
Taing < > – Thanks (couldn’t make out the second part)
33:18 Background when Jamie gives the rent back
Glè mhath
33:24 Jamie to tenant
Ciamar a tha thu, a Chaluim? – How are you, Calum?
Calum
Gasta! – Great!
Jamie
Glè mhath. – Very well.
35:19 Tenant to Jamie
A mhaighstir – Master.
36:46 Jamie to Claire
‘S math sin – that’s good
Tha u ‘n seo. – You’re here.
41:05 Jamie exclamation
Thighearna Dhia – Lord God
41:39 Jamie going in the water
Thalla ‘s cac! – Away and sh*t (Fairly sure about this one. Naughty Jamie. Now confirmed by Àdhamh)
Jamie says something after resurfacing from the mill-pond, but I can’t tell if it’s Gaelic or not.
Th’anail dith beo a-nist- I need breath to live now (Mòran taing to @ColoGaelic for this one)
OK. Have heard from Àdhamh on this one. Although he doesn’t remember exactly what the dialogue is, he’s pretty sure it’s not the above and might be this (now confirmed):
an ainm an fhaigh – in the name of the prophet
48:00 Jamie pulled out of bed
Dhia – God
51:36 Jamie comforting Jenny
gràidh – love
Please note that there is every chance that the grammar in the above is not completely accurate. Keep in mind I am still very much a newbie with the Gaelic. 😉
P.S. Someone pointed out the Gaelic on Brian Fraser’s tombstone. I’ll work on that and get an update out when I have it confirmed.
P.P.S Thanks to Dàibhidh for kindly helping with some of my grammatical mistakes.
Well, I think this just may be my favorite episode so far, and I promise I don’t say that lightly. The witch trial sequence and Claire’s decision at the stones is one of my very favorite parts of the book and I was so thrilled to see the adaptation live up to it. 🙂
As for the Gaelic, again there wasn’t a whole lot of it this week. I’m really hoping that we will get more once the scene shifts to Lallybroch next week. I also apologize for taking a bit longer than normal to get this week’s blog post out but I had to consult with the master to get an accurate translation of the one Gaelic phrase in the episode that everyone wanted to know. 😉
46:23 Jamie as he holds Claire
Nach gabh u do shocair, a ghràidh – Won’t you take it easy, dear.
47:18 Jamie calls Claire “dear” again
a ghràidh – dear
49:47 Jamie uses his favorite Gaelic endearment
mo nighean donn – My brown-haired lass
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