Focail nua for the dictionary - Gangland crime, alt-right and emoticon translated into Irish
The completion of Foras na Gaeilge’s online New English-Irish Dictionary marks the end of almost a decade of work. But many of the phrases now included would have been alien even when the project began in 2008. Few users would have found the need to go browsing the translation of a selfie-stick, but anyone who wishes can now update their Instagram account or Twitter feed using a picture taken with the help of a ‘maide féinín’.
The phrase is one of 140,000 meanings and phrases using nearly 50,000 words which have been included on the website — focloir.ie — and which are also available to users of the Focloir app.
