New Members Linz Posted August 24, 2016 at 12:39 PM New Members Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 at 12:39 PM So I was 17 grieving my dad and thought the best thing to do was get a tattoo to memorialise him.... Young and stupid I trusted the tattooist. 9 years on and I literally have no idea what it says. Please could someone translate it for me. I have little faith it has anything to do with my dad! Luckily I have a sense of humour and I'm prepared for it to be something ridiculous or the tattoist favourite dish off the menu! Thanks in advance Linz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted August 26, 2016 at 02:28 AM Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 at 02:28 AM As far as I can tell, they're not proper characters. Closest I can make them into is four characters arranged with the top two vertically and the bottom two horizontally: 西业彳命. Though that's not quite right either. The other possibility I can think of is that they're Japanese-only characters or variants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted August 26, 2016 at 07:39 AM Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 at 07:39 AM Looks like 亞倫 except an extra stroke on the left of the second character and some other minor irregularities. If it is 亞倫 then it's a tranliteration of a Western name like Allan. Perhaps your dad's name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 26, 2016 at 11:14 AM Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 at 11:14 AM I agree with #3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted August 26, 2016 at 11:21 AM Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 at 11:21 AM Yeah, agree with Publius. Ignore my earlier post, clearly I can't read traditional characters. Main thing I'm confused about is why 倫 uses 彳 instead of 亻. Is that a recognized variant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted August 26, 2016 at 11:28 AM Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 at 11:28 AM Yes, it's a recognized variant. http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/yitia/fra/fra00198.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Linz Posted August 26, 2016 at 12:27 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 at 12:27 PM Actually yes my dad was called Alan, Thanks so much everyone, I thought he had just doodled on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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