Signese

I have more trouble with the style of some of the characters than the content, particularly 不 and 以. Having said that I guessed the meaning of 镌, and I still don't know what 谨识 means.

humbly records?

Also 义勇军 threw me at first, thinking it was referring to the 义勇军

義勇軍 refers to the Hong Kong Volunteers Defence Corps.

PS - re 謹識

謹 = solemnly / sincerely

識 (zhi4) ~ 誌； make a record, make an inscription / footnote

Take a look -> http://cdict.net/?q=%E8%AC%B9%E8%AD%98

I need to know in what direction should the text be read .

Really? :blink:

From right to left ↓↖↓

Really? :blink:

From right to left ↓↖↓

and for skylee:

the translation for the words in your picture which u puted in ur blog is:

'this copper gate is the monument of the Hongkong volunteers who was fought the japanese invaders and pertected the motherland. All of the volunteers who was killed in the actions in between 1941--1945(or it could be 2 i am not sure about the last number) will be remembered forever. By Hongkong goverment.'

Hope this will do some help.

and sorry for my foolishness, i have posted the 'report entry' as the reply....... i am so sorry if i've made any trouble orz.

blackmeow, thanks for posting your translation, though I don't think "japanese invaders" are mentioned in the inscription. ;) And it was World War II, which ended in 1945.

For completeness, I have added a picture on the English inscription to the blog above. I took this picture today.

PS - also added a picture of the bronze gate.