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| Laa ny ghaa er dty henney hooar mee maclioar jeh’n earish-lioar scruit ec Fo Halloo, as va suim mooar orrym lhaih ny aggyrtyssyn politicagh jeant oc. | A day or two ago I got a copy of the magazine written by Fo Halloo, and I was greatly interested to read their political claims. | |
| Myr soshallagh, ta mee cho aggindagh as Fo Halloo Reiltys Soshallagh ayns Mannin y ’akin[1], agh ta mee credjal dy vel ad jannoo marran ny ghaa ayns yn aght t’ad cur toshiaght nyn eieghyn. | As a socialist, I am as desirous as Fo Halloo to see a socialist government in the Isle of Man, but I believe that are making many mistakes in the way they are promoting their ideas. | |
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[1] Reiltys Soshallagh ayns Mannin y ’akin] ‘to see a Socialist Government in Mann’ —
[dy ’akin Reiltys Soshallagh] expected here.
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| Hoshiaght, shegin dooin scarrey ny orraghey [sic] [oyryn??] Gaelgagh voish orraghyn [sic] [oyryn??] Shoshallagh. | First, we must separate the Manx Language [motives??] from the Socialist [motives??]. | |
| Ga dy vel yn chalee ain dy chroo Pobblaght Ghaelgagh Hoshallagh ayns nyn jeer, share dooin freayll ad coheeynit as scarrit. | Although our project is to create a Socialist Gaelic Republic in our country, we are better keeping them parallel and divided (separate). | |
| Ta ram sleih ayn s’mie lhieu yn Ghaelg agh s’olk lhieu yn Shoshallaght. | There are many people who like the Manx Language but they don’t like Socialism. | |
| As ta fir elley ayn s’mie lhieu yn Soshallaght, agh s’olk lhieu yn Ghaelg. | And there are other ones who like Socialism, but don’t like the Manx Language. | |
| Myr shen, shegin dooin freayll cormid as sooree ad dy scarragh. | So, we must maintain equality and woo them separately. | |
| Next, ta feme ain er caarjyn. Ta lioar currit magh enmyssit “Yn aght caarjyn y chosney as pooar harrish sleih y gheddyn.” | Second, we need friends. There is a published book called “The way to win friends and get power over people” (‘How to Win Friends and Influence People”). | |
| Ta yn daa nhee goll ry-cheilley. | The two things go together. | |
| Mannagh vel caarjyn ec fer, cha nel pooar politicagh erbee echey. | Unless one has friends, he (one) has no political power at all. | |
| Trass, shegin dooin scarrey yn chrea hoshallagh, aynjee ta mee credjal, voish ny {??} joarree dy mennick currit maree as nagh vel Soshallagh edyr. | Third, we must separate the socialist creed, in which I believe, from the foreign [ideas??] often put together with it and that aren’t Socialist at all. | |
| Gollrish anjeeys, ny meereiltys, ny yn kied ec [yn] derrey fer dy vaghey ass laboragh fer elley. | Like atheism, or misrule [anarchy??], or the license of the one to live from the work of another. | |
| Ta Shoshallaght mychione briwnys as cairys, as cha nee mysh troo[2]. | Socialism is about judgment and justice, and not about envy. | |
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[2] troo] original gives
[troo er].
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| Fy yerrey, ta sleih ayn as adsyn caggey noi cadjpaghtys[3] argidoil ta gaase ayns nyn ellan. | Finally, there are people and those fight against financial huckstery that is growing in our island. | |
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[3] cadjpaghtys] likely a typo for
[cadjerys] ‘huckstery’, or
[capitlaghys] ‘capitalism’.
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| Ga dy vel kuse jeu jannoo reddyn nagh mie lhien[4], ta yn chynskil argidoil ymmyrchagh rish dagh ooilley heer, ny neesht Bunargidoil as Soshallagh ny neesht.[5] | Although some of them do things that we don’t like, the finance industry is necessary to every country, both Capitalist and Socialist. | |
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[4] nagh mie lhien] ‘we don’t like’ — original gives
[nagh vie shin]
[5] Bunargidoil as Soshallagh ny neesht] ‘both Capitalist and Socialist]. original gives
[ny neesht Bunargidoil as Soshallagh]
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| As cha nel veg, stroo-hene, neu-chiart ayns chynskil argidoil ayns Mannin my vees eh g’aghtey dy kiart. Eer ayns y Roosh ta bancyn ayn! | And there is nothing, in my opinion, wrong in a financial industry in the Isle of Man if it will act correctly. Even in Russia there are banks! | |
| BRANLAADAGH | BRANLAADAGH | |