Me and my partner are looking to get chinese tattos to say: 1. Joe, My Love Forever 2. Chris, My love forever, any ideas, most online translators keep coming up with questions marks, PLEASE HELP
2006-07-25 10:44:16 · 10 answers · asked by chris_midlands_20 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i didnt want anyone's opinion about the tattoo itself, i dont tell u how to live ur lifes, anyone china is close to my heart as my grandad was chinese he married an english women my nan, but they have both passed on, so obviously cant ask them, and the reason in chineese was to commorate him memory as well, wanted the symbols for love and the symbols for the names, Joe & Chris
2006-07-26 06:07:29 · update #1
If you can't read the tattoo....don't get it.
You can never be 100% sure with translations.
This site is dedicated to mistranslations and it shows some chinese tattoos that people have gotten and unfortunately, they are not what they thought they were.
http://www.hanzismatter.com/
2006-07-25 10:51:47 · answer #1 · answered by rxqueen♥ † 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do peole want to ink their bodies with so-called Chinese letters or words? Their are 110 different dialects of Chinese, how do you actually know the meaning of the symbols are ,are you Chinese, so what's the point? The dumbest thing I've ever seen. Pretending to be deep and relevant when you're not, I'll be glad for this fad to pass;it's ugly and stupid.
2006-07-25 11:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by tesorotx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are lucky that you were only getting question marks (the reason why you are getting all question marks is because your computer does not have the east asian languages installed -- it is under 'regional and language options' in windows xp)...
but going back to the chinese tattoo... you obviously are not much of a linguist, or you'd know that literal translations to another language is often with unintended results. and YOU were thinking about tattooing what you found on a translation site on your bodies? geez.. just because chinese characters look cool? do you even know anything about the chinese culture? *sigh* enough said...
if you really are going to go through with it, i would suggest that you consult with someone who is very proficient with the language, not someone who knows how to say a couple of words in chinese.
believe me, i've seen enough people with ridiculous chinese tattoos that are beyond hilarious. even though i'd love to see what disaster you can conjure up, i'm bound by my moral goodness to advise you otherwise.
2006-07-25 11:49:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe(乔), 我永远爱你！
Chris（克里斯），我永远爱你！
2006-07-27 17:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by wogoogle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you want chinese tattoos if you don't even understand it?
2006-07-25 18:41:59 · answer #5 · answered by alexa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope your computer can display Chinese characters....^V^
The name in Chinese for 'Joe' is "祖" and 'Chris' is "克里斯".
2006-07-26 19:41:09 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i donnoabout you but didint you already know that tatoos can cause infections to ur skin anf toungue?man hhhhhh people these days.
2006-07-25 11:10:45 · answer #7 · answered by neina khan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT GET THEM, For the love of decency and respect for culturem DO NOT GET THEM!
2006-07-25 13:38:19 · answer #8 · answered by Physics is the Answer. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no chinese tattos? i dont think so
2006-07-25 10:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by gobastix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chinese tattoos are sooooo cheesy.......get something else
2006-07-25 12:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋