New Members ChrisParker Posted July 9, 2011 at 08:53 AM New Members Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 at 08:53 AM Could I please request translation of the followng 3 names before I get the tattoo, Many thanks in advance Name 1: Name 2: Name 3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuehanHao Posted July 9, 2011 at 06:04 PM Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 at 06:04 PM The characters are: Name 1:洛根 Name 2:朱利安 Name 3:帕克 There is not enough information for me to answer your question. The first two seem plausible as names, but I do not know whether 帕 can be a surname. Perhaps you could provide more information or copy the characters I typed into a dictionary, e.g., http://www.nciku.com/, and see whether they are consistent with your understanding. Edited: oh, I am perhaps obtuse here - could 帕克 represent Parker, and you have only two kids? Edited Again: Oh, this is most likely a phonetic translation for something like Logan Julian Parker. 约翰好 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonglin Posted July 9, 2011 at 06:43 PM Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 at 06:43 PM Please don't. Write them in English -- it will be so much prettier! Take my word on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iriya Posted July 9, 2011 at 07:03 PM Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 at 07:03 PM Logan? Julian? Parker? Why don't you get a tattoo in a language that you and your kids can read? Western names don't get any special, "mystical" meaning when transliterated into Chinese. These are just phonetic characters that read as: luo gen, zhu li an, pa ke. Do you like how these sound? Get a tattoo in a language that you understand! Don't be a victim of a stupid fad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 9, 2011 at 09:10 PM Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 at 09:10 PM I have to agree with Iriya and yonglin. It would be a bad idea to get it permantly tattooed on you if it is only a fashion thing. You would have to spend the rest of your life trying to explain them to people, and if your not sure it will be a short conversation Think very carefully before doing anything permenetly especialy tattooes. Shelley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted July 9, 2011 at 09:10 PM Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 at 09:10 PM Just in case it's not clear: those are transliterations of names, not translations. That is, you would get tattoos of meaningless words that maybe somewhat sound like their names. Is this really what you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted July 10, 2011 at 01:48 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 at 01:48 PM It is almost always impossible to 'translate' names. The best one can do is approximate the sound of the names. This leads to two problems. i) The sound system of Chinese is very different from that of English, so some sounds are impossible to replicate. ii) Even if you can find equivalent sounds, the meaning in Chinese will almost always be nonsensical and Chinese speakers probably wouldn't recognise them as names. If you really want to tattoo "handkerchief can" on your body, then go ahead. It has nothing to do with your kid's name. I 100% agree with those advising you that if you must have tattoos of their names, get them in their language, not some language none of you know.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezaf Posted July 10, 2011 at 02:12 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 at 02:12 PM The first two actually sound OK and not very meaningless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hongputaojiu Posted July 10, 2011 at 02:18 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 at 02:18 PM personally I am bit worried about the English grammar too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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