Irish English→English

Translate Irish English to English the way locals mean it.

Irish English often uses familiar words and question forms in ways that sound literal to a textbook reader but signal reassurance, recent action, or mild annoyance instead.

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What locals actually say

Ah sure look, it'll be grand.

It'll be fine.

“Ah sure look” softens the statement and can signal resignation, while “grand” means fine or acceptable rather than impressive.

I'm after missing the bus.

I have just missed the bus.

“Be after” followed by a verb marks something that has happened very recently, not an attempt to do it.

Will you give over?

Will you stop that?

“Give over” is an idiom meaning stop, often expressing mild annoyance rather than a literal request to hand something over.

Will you lend us a tenner? I'm banjaxed for cash.

Could you lend me ten pounds? I'm completely stuck for money.

“Banjaxed” means badly stuck or in a difficult state, and signals an informal Irish English expression.

It's just after the lights, on your left.

It's just beyond the traffic lights, on your left.

“After” is used for location as well as time in Irish English, signalling a distinctly Hiberno-English direction.

I wouldn't say no to a wee feed.

I'd happily have a small meal.

“Wee feed” means a small meal, with “wee” adding a warm, informal Irish English tone.

Your man is coming down with the young ones.

That fellow is coming over with the children.

“Your man” refers to a particular man without naming him, while “the young ones” means the children.

I'll give it a lash after lunch.

I'll give it a try after lunch.

“Give it a lash” means to attempt something, signalling an informal Irish English construction.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Irish English differs

Irish English (Hiberno-English). British spelling; Irish turns of phrase where natural (grand, give out, press for cupboard, yoke informally); warm conversational register.

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