Help with translation of sentence please

[vinhlong]

Hi, I'm making a wood carving for a friend of mine, and I'd like inscribe it with the following text in both Chinese as Vietnamese:

"To uncle Danh, because true friendship lasts forever"

Can anybody help me?

[skylee]

In Chinese, consider "友誼永固".

I don't know about the name and Vietnamese, though.

[nnt]

The character for Danh is 名.

"Uncle" is rather ambiguous.

And if he is actually related to you (original meaning of uncle), I wouldn't use the term "friendship".

Besides, 友誼 seems to have a rather diplomatic connotation .

Here "thâm giao" 深交 may be better.

[vinhlong]

Thanx for the info. He's not actually related. I call him uncle, partly because he's the uncle of a close friend of mine, partly because I feel it's the polite way to address him.

Which term for uncle should I use? How would the rest of the characters be translated in Vietnamese?

Thanks in advance.

[nnt]

Thâm giao vĩnh cố : 深交永固

or: Thâm giao vĩnh hằng : 深交永恆

Skylee's expression is very much used too:

http://chinese.greetings.yahoo.com/browse/_Wishes_and_Thoughts/__Friendship/

Danh thúc thúc : 名叔叔 : chú Danh

Danh bá bá : 名伯伯 : bác Danh

[vinhlong]

Thank you very much!

Why does 友誼 seems to have a rather diplomatic connotation?

[nnt]

hữu nghị 友誼

Very much used in expressions like "friendship between the people of xxx and the people of yyy".