Questions tagged [translation]
Questions on specific points regarding translating Chinese. Do your own research first!
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Has there ever been an English translation of 《輶軒》"Fangyan"?
《輶軒使者絕代語釋別國方言》has a couple of different names including《方言》and《揚子方言》.
In English it mostly just gets called Fangyan.
The entire Chinese text has been put up on ctext.
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What did Liu Cixin mean by: In this book, a man named “humanity” confronts a disaster?
In a postscript to the American edition of The Three-Body Problem / 三体, the author says:
In science fiction, humanity is often described as a collective. In
this book, a man named “humanity” ...
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Differences between 知识，知，识，知感 and 认识？
“知识” 两个字我始终认为它是要分开来谈的，“知” 就是知感，“识” 就是认识。所谓 “知感” 就是别人告诉你、说给你听、要求你记住的那一部分。但只有这一部分是不够的，还要有认识、思考。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 22.
I would appreciate if you explain the ...
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I am hoping to find any information available regarding this stamp (Characters identified: 福 日本館印)
This stamp is on an Enso circle that I purchased at auction. I'm hoping to find out any information that may be gleaned from it.
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Seal on vase identification help (Characters identified: 工藝)
This is the seal on the vase I’m trying to identify. The picture is of a bird and flowers. Thank you!
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Artist name and date of painting
What is the artist name and date of the painting? It’s ink on paper 7.5 in x 8 in.
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Words equivalent to ideas surrounding transience? (Think: Wabi Sabi)
I'm looking for words that capture the idea of 'passing by', 'transience' or 'releasing' in Chinese. Perhaps even 'empty space' or something similar?
Wabi Sabi is obviously a Japanese phrase and uses ...
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Snuff Bottle Calligraphy
I recently inherited a modern snuff bottle collection that have what looks like old calligraphy on the back side. Can someone tell me what the calligraphy says, and maybe even the chop?
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Is there a clear linguistic explanation behind this mistranslation?
I'm an electronics hobbyist, so I'm no stranger to iffy machine translations from Chinese to English in datasheets and marketing materials. However, today I came across something that I'm not sure can ...
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We have inherited a container shaped like a puppy. It is signed in cursive script...can anyone tell be by who? We think it is Japanese
puppy container, possibly Japanese, signed
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Need help identifying this signature chop? wondering about meaning, age, history? (Characters identified: 彝齋)
I have this beautiful silk wall screen with lilies, and would love to know more about it. I cannot can't find any information. Can anyone help identify the chop stamp please? wondering about meaning, ...
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Would like help with translations of the seals on a floral artwork
There are three seals on the bottom right corner.
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Please Identify Painting Signature
I have bought these painting years ago but now I am doing some research to find out who is the artist and what is written in chinese calligraphy.
Kindly help me with.
Thanks
Sachin
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I need help translating the inscription on this vase
I need help translating this inscription so I can hopefully date the vase.
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What are the English equivalents for 民宿, 农家乐 and 网红打卡点？
Searching the info of travel, I have seen the above words many times and known roughly what they meant.
I saw a sign in both English and Chinese put on the wall of the information center of a tourist ...
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I need help translating a Chinese seal/stamp on a painting
I don't have the adequate knowledge or tools to translate the characters. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Art Translation on Gorgeous Pieces!
I came across a few pieces of Chinese art and purchased them all. One piece was called 100 Stallions and came in a cool box with ivory. I have these other pieces that I love but I have no clue what ...
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(NSFW) Making a vulgar joke sound natural in Mandarin (Warning: contains offensive language)
My friend and I were jokingly conversing (read: google translating) in Mandarin Chinese and I spent 20 minutes on Wiktionary trying to translate
offensive language:
into Mandarin. I ended up with &...
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We have a silk embroidery Chinese painting and wondering if someone can decipher the stamp seal (Characters identified: 周爭煇印)
We have a silk embroidery Chinese painting:
and are wondering if someone can decipher the stamp seal.
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I need help interpreting the signature located in the upper right corner of my silk painting. Can anyone help?
Can anyone interpret the signature located in the upper right-hand corner of my painting own silk fabric. I'm guessing that it dates to around the 1960s. I'm not sure whether or not the signature is ...
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What is the literal translation of this: 摊主是位上了年纪、身材瘦小的老人?
...，整齐漂亮的毛笔字能充分地显示出书摊主人的文化水平。摊主是位上了年纪、身材瘦小的老人，总是穿着一件灰色长衫，...
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. I need your help in literal translating this: 摊主是位上了年纪、身材瘦小的老人。
So far, this is ...
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What does this seal mean?
I found a beautiful thread art linen piece of art. This is the seal on it. I want to learn who made this art.
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Looking to identify a watercolour signature (Characters identified: 郭連訓)
Looking to identify a watercolour signature i just purcashed. 1989 made. any help is much appreciated.
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On the Chinese version of the movie "Braveheart"
I am pretty sure the movie "Braveheart" by Mel Gibson exists in a Chinese language version as there is a Chinese Wikipedia article about this movie.
I would like to know about the official ...
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Hoping to learn how the artist is? Need the seal translated
I have a framed scroll painting and I'm hoping to find out who the artist is. I tried to research the seal but had no success. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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Please help translate these symbols from a very old bronze pot
Please help translate these symbols from a very old bronze pot..
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks in advance
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About a chapter title from Adolf Wölfli's 简历
In the short 简历 (Lebensbeschreibung) of Adolf Wölfli (I don't know how the name of this artist is officially transliterated in Chinese publications - if you can help with this with a reference, it's a ...
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Help to translate signature and chop on scroll of Li River
Scroll of Li River with signature and chop.
Would like to know what it says or artist.
thank you
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Can anyone translate this picture for me?
I've been looking for an item for a few days now and finally found a picture of it with a label but haven't been able to translate it. This is as clear as I could get it. Any help would be appreciated,...
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what do these characters mean?
I got this box at an antique shop and it has these characters on it, could anyone translate?
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Soapstone Stamp Translation
I was wondering if someone could help me identify the two characters on the bottom of this soapstone seal? I've tried to work it out, but these characters are quite unfamiliar to me / stylised in a ...
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Why Pinyin's "声母" and "韵母" were translated as "initials" and "finals"?
Why Pinyin's "声母" and "韵母" were translated as "Initials" and "Finals", but not as "sound-mother" and "rime-mother"? What is the meaning of &...
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Writing on old handcarved stone teapot
Looking for meaning or interpretation of this carving on teapot.
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I would like help with translations of the seals and the text on these painting
Please can someone help identify or translate the artist name? and also could you translate the text next to the seal?
Thank you.
K
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Can someone translate this and read the seal, please? Is it Chinese or Japanese?
Can someone translate this and read the seal, please? Is it Chinese or Japanese?
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Hi I found a teapot and need help
I found a teapot with a maker's mark I'm trying to learn more and find out whose it is. Unfortunately I know nothing about these kind of things, I just thought was cool when I bought it, but would ...
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Can someone please translate this?
Just bought this painting at an estate sale today. Would like to know the translation.
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Screen Painting question
We've had this Japanese screen painting for about 20 years; however, we were told a long time ago that the artist is actually Chinese. Does anyone know who this artist might be?
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What is written on these paintings and does it have any meaning?
Someone I know has a small business in buying/selling things.
She asked if I know what the painting says as I know a limited amount of Japanese. while I couldn't read it even if it was Japanese, I ...
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Simbol / letter?
does anyone know the meaning of this simbol / letter or whatever this is?
hahaha
any help would be appreciated
Thanks
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Help translating Min nan song 男人的汗
The song is 男人的汗, which I added to Lyricstranslate some time ago. The lyrics:
人生行到遮 | Lîn-sing kiânn kàu tsia
地位亲像山 | Tē-uī tshin-tshiūnn suann
才知神仙 | Tsiah tsai sîn-sian
也孤单 | Iā koo-tuann
性命越头看 | ...
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Unknown reference in Taiwanese manhua “日和迷因”
In a manga, I have seen a note
Apparently, somethings "comes from" something else - from 日和迷因。Is it a meme (迷因)？What kind of meme? Is it from something different?
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Archaic Seal Translation - can anyone help?
I posted images of a Han seal on here and one member asked that I post the seal print instead so here it is. I looked into purchasing Wenlin to help translate this but I'm not sure if it is the same ...
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Can anyone help me by translating the characters in this image?
These characters located at the bottom right corner of my silk painting, consist of a seal (which I believe could be the artist's chop) and cursive script located above the seal.
I used filters to ...
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Identify Painting Chinese or Japanese? (Characters identified: 華岳 洪氏)
I bought a scroll painting. It looks very old painting. It is a very beautiful painting but I want to know the artist name and what it is written in there.
Kindly help me in identifying this.
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Where can I find a digital copy of 黄继忠's translation of 论语?
I'm looking for a digital copy of Chichung Huang (黄继忠)'s translation of The Analects of Confucius (论语).
Amazon's blurb mentions what they believe are the advantages of the translation:
Far more ...
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