What are the best wishes of good fortune you know?

Gan canny there marra! :¬)

May the road rise to meet you and the sun be on your back.

I don’t know how to say it in Irish, though.

@aprilsimnel Eiri an bothar leat agus an ghrian a bheith ar do dhroim. Don’t know how do insert fada’s on this laptop

“ei tee midagi, ma ei teeks”

That is Estonian for “don’t do anything I wouldn’t do”

@ucme Uhm… I’m sorrry.. I don’t recognise that..
@aprilsimnel @stardust Yes myladies.. . thank you for reminding me of this one. I couldn’t have remembered it in Gaelige..
I can recall some friends of mine over in Eire saying that to me as I went on my way..

@Cruiser That’s a wise one.. obviously a warm thing to say among friends. I like the principle.

@Anatelostaxus Not suprised, I cheated a little. It’s North Eastern English dialect, genuinely warm wishes are expressed however.

“Good health to you.”

Nothing else matters without it.

‘All the best’

But I always think this is quite sad for some reason.

@aprilsimne I thought that was an Irish saying, but unfortuanatly, after ten years of mandatory Irish language study, I can’t say it in Irish either. We have some trouble with the teaching of Irish in Ireland

A Scots Toast
(mostly self explanatory except maybe a couple of wee bits, have always loved it)
“May the best you’ve ever seen
Be the worst you’ll ever see;
May the mouse ne’er leave your girnal
Wi’ a tear drap in its e’e;
(may you always have food in your house, so that even a wee mouse never goes hungry)
May your lum keep blithely reekin’
Till ye’re auld enough to dee;
(may you have warmth in your house, till the end of your days)
May you aye be just as happy
As I wish you now to be!”

‘Tight lines’
(Fishermen)

“Tanti auguri!” works out to, “Many good wishes!”

Then there’s the more complicated, “In bocca al lupo/Crepi il lupo” exchange. Person A is confronted with an iffy situation – exams, evaluations, public speaking, that sort of thing. Person B says the first part – “Into the mouth of the wolf!” Person A replies, “May it die!”

Live long and prosper!
(Vulcan: Dif-tor heh smusma!)

The inner nerd in me demanded that I post this. The outer nerd complied.

@Nullo a very faithful translation of your Italian to English, mate.
Quindi conosci l’italiano?
Io ci abito in Italia. E’ la mia seconda lingua.
pazzesco.
@bunnygrl Oh, yes indeed. I love that one too.
I didn’t remember it exactly as you put it, but yes.. it is an absolute beauty made words.
@Arbornaut Nice one. Where did you hear it?
@lemming yes.. I confirm. Even the last time I was in Eire, that’d be in 2008, despite the progress plans, Schools still didn’t have an efficient didactic system for Gaelige.
What a so very great shame.
please don’t let it die out

@Austinlad La salute prima di tutto, as is said in Italian. (Health before everything else). Obviously not a good tiding, but it’s a saying that confirms your statement.
@SavoirFaire Hah! and what about in Jedi? just kidding

@all Obviously this is of cinematographic origin I assume but “Strength and Honour” struck me as very positive. (from the film The Gladiator).

Oh and another.. I study Mandarin Chinese and I can’t quite translate exactly: “Zhu Yunqi Hao” into English. Anyone care to help?

@Anatelostaxus E` da un po` che non la pratico, quindi e` deteriorato. E la grammatica non e` mai stato il mio forte.

@Nullo Ma tu sei madrelingua.. cosa? e complimenti; deteriorato o no, è comunque di un’ottima forma, compare!

@Anatelostaxus Inglese. L’italiano l’ho imparato durante un soggiorno di circa quattro anni. Grazie per i complimenti!
Tu cosa fai in Italia? Eri nato la?