EMS Motto Translation Help

[Onuvanja]

You could very well be right, Héilics. It’s just that for me, referring to “hands” conjures up religious images of healing, rather than provision of medical care. Besides, I have the impression that EMS has a lot in common with ambulance services, i.e. transporting patients to hospital, rather than curing them, is an important part of their job. That’s why I suggested a translation using the verb “tabhair” that would emphasise the idea of movement and helping the patient reach a medical institution. But of course, this is just my interpretation.

By the way, in what cases does one exactly use “bronnadh”? I would have thought it meant something along the lines of “endow”, as in “The gods endowed him with strong health”. Which is why I would perhaps hesitate to use it here.

[Héilics Órbhuí]

Bronnadh usually means to endow or award. I think it’s a fine choice of words here, but you could go with “tabhair” if you want it to be more general.

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