Tattoo "indifference"

[RicBoy]

Hey can anyone confirm to me that the pic attached means "indifference" and it is correct? 

[imron]

It's the 'cold and uncaring' meaning of indifference rather than the 'I'm not bothered' meaning of indifference.

 

I wouldn't get it as a tattoo.

[RicBoy]

What would be I'm not bothered then? 

[Jim]

There's several common expressions each with a slightly different nuance, commonly see 无所谓 and 不在意 but for something like a tattoo maybe the more literary 无动于衷 would be better.

[vellocet]

And make sure to get a better font...that one looks about as charming as a sign at a bus stop.  

[RicBoy]

It's a side neck tattoo. 

无动于衷 is it possible to make it with only 2 or 3 symbols? 

[Jim]

No, it's a set phrase.

[roddy]

If you’re going ahead, PLEASE have someone who knows what they’re doing look at the calligraphy. You wouldn’t get an English phrase tattooed in Times New Roman. 

[edelweis]

Times New Roman looks great with e.e. cummings IMHO.

[RicBoy]

I'm going ahead with the original plan Tuesday. 

This is just the stencil, not the real tattoo. The real tattoo will be 1 or 2 cms higher. 

 

[imron]

Well then, don't say you weren't warned.

[RicBoy]

Translator says "impassive, emotionless, unconcerned" is this correct? 

[Tomsima]

Consider taking the advice you asked for, this tattoo needs some editing before its good to get on your neck for the rest of your life. So many great fonts to choose from, so many better translations, don't rush things.

 

[Jim]

Daft lad, for all you know it could be the name of the most popular brand of incontinence pants too.

[RicBoy]

I have 30% of my body covered with tats, not a big deal. Just want to make sure the exactly translation .

[imron]

50 minutes ago, RicBoy said:

Translator says "impassive, emotionless, unconcerned" is this correct? 

It can mean those things depending on the context, because that meaning overlaps with the meaning of 'cold and uncaring'.  When written as a single word by itself, the 'cold' meaning is more prominent because that's literally the meaning of the first character.

 

Also, as other posters have noted, that stencil is written in a font that is the Chinese equivalent of 'Times New Roman', which may or may not be what you want - or maybe you're just "not bothered"?

 

[Jim]

Thought of a better one and it's a single character, 恝 https://www.zdic.net/hans/恝 Could use the compound 恝然 if you want two.

 

That dictionary gives a few font variants: 

[RicBoy]

Out of curiosity, would u write "stoic" as in stoicism in Chinese in preferable 2 max 3 characters

[RicBoy]

 淡然，so this means "do not care", "do not worry" 

How about this 恝然

[RicBoy]

So what would be the difference between 淡然 and 冷漠