Transcription for store fronts

[Tohb]

Hi! I need some help transcribing some store fronts i'm referencing in my game design class. 2 of them have English on the sign, but i'm not sure if they're accurate translation. Any help is much appreciated!

[somethingfunny]

Hello.

 

The yellow and red one says: 龙峰礼品店

The green and white one says: 天仁茗茶

 

So, you've got a gift shop and a tea shop.

[ZC]

As to your question about translation the second looks alright, the first looks like google translate was involved. A better translation would probably be: Dragon Peak gift shop.

(obligatory disclaimer that I am not an expert at all)

[somethingfunny]

Ah yes, the translation, I forgot.

 

So for the first one, they've just taken the pronunciation of the first character "long" (which means dragon) and added the meaning of the last character, store.  For a better translation, you could go with pronunciation: "Long Feng Gift Shop", or, as ZC recommends, you could go with a meaning translation: "Dragon Peak Gift Shop".

 

For the second one, I can't make out what they've done.  But following the same approach as above, you get either: "Tian Ren (Famous) Tea", or: "Heavenly Benevolence (Famous) Tea".  Might be better to with the first one in this case, as "Heavenly Benevolence" doesn't really have the same ring as it does in Chinese.

 

Edit:  See post below.

[Tomsima]

Just out of interest did you misread 茗 as 名? 茗 is often used in tea house names alongside or as a more literary replacement for the common '茶'. Here 茗茶 means '(tea) tea' as it were

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5 hours ago, Tomsima said:

茗 is often used in tea house names alongside or as a more literary replacement for the common '茶'. Here 茗茶 means '(tea) tea' as it were

 

Agree, and I also frequently see 茗茶 used to mean the careful and critical tasting of tea, as contrasted with just swilling it down. One could envision a spectrum, starting with basic 喝茶, progressing to 品茶, and ending in 茗茶, with the latter being at a connoisseur level. 

 

天仁 is the name of a popular Taiwan chain store that sells tea. Shouldn't really need translating.