Turas Siar 394 - Pádhraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: An chaoi a n-úsáidtí an cholainn le rudaí a thomhas.

Corruair níos faide ar na lámhaí ná atá ag an airde.

Sometimes the hands reach farther than the height.

Céard faoin an miosúr eile ansin an an léig dhá mbeinn trí léig i bhfarraige adeir sí nó nó sléibhte i bhfad ó thír?

What about the other measure then, the league, if I were three leagues out at sea she says, or mountains far from land?

Bhoil, bhí sé sea gur trí mhíle trí mhíle i bhfarraige sin léig.

Well, it was that it was three thousand three thousand in the sea that a league...

Sea

Yes.

Agus go mba trí scór.

And that it would be three score..

Míle bhfarraige ba in céim.

A thousand seas was a step..

Sin bhí anois.

That was it now..

'Sea.

Yes..

Fiche i ndiaidh an bhfarraige.

Twenty after the sea..

Deir siad nach bhfeicfidh go bhfeicfidh tú.

They say you won’t see until you see.

Nach bhfeicfidh tú ach barr crainn báid go bhfeicfidh tú soitheach is mó nach bhfeicfidh tú.

You will see only the tops of boats’ masts, but you will see a bigger vessel that you will not see.

gur féidir a feiceáil

that it can be seen.

Barr an chrainn trí scór míle uait.

The top of the tree is sixty miles from you.

Bin í an chéim.

That was the step..

Trí scór míle uait a fheicfeas tú barr má fheiceann tú barr cruinn.

Sixty thousand miles from you you will see the top if you see a round top.