I need help with a translation Chinese to English

[T707T]

i really need to know what this says i tried but all i have gotten it republic of china i dont even know if that is even right or if it is even chinese but im pretty sure it is id appreciate any help thanks  

[aone]

中華民國八十五年開國紀念酒 * 中華民國台灣省菸酒公賣局

Wine of commemorating founding for the 85th year  *  Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau of Taiwan Province

[Demonic_Duck]

Alcohol* commemorating the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China | Republic of China (Taiwan Province) Tobacco and Wine Monopoly** Bureau

 

Edited.

 

* “酒” ("alcohol") is probably referring to baijiu （白酒）, not wine.

** I think this is the correct official translation (according to Wikipedia), but I'm not sure exactly what "monopoly" refers to in this case; the usual Chinese word for "monopoly" is “垄断”, which doesn't appear here. Also, once again, “酒” doesn't really mean "wine", and more often refers to baijiu.

[skylee]

At the middle is 福祿白蘭地 XO（Fortune Brandy XO). So it is not wine, or baijiu, but brandy.

PS - but brandy is a type of wine, no?

[Demonic_Duck]

Missed that, good spot. Yes, Brandy is a type of wine (although the word "wine" on its own usually only refers to white, red or rosé grape wine).

[889]

The monopoly bit in the name is 公賣. It refers specifically to a type of state monopoly, not monopoly in general.

[Demonic_Duck]

Yeah, I assumed it was referring to that. What does “公卖” refer to specifically, though?

[889]

The history of state monopolies in China goes back over 2000 years. You'd have to seriously research the term if you want to know how far back this particular term goes. Me, I just go by what Wenlin says.

[T707T]

thank you to everyone that replied it helped me out alot