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[lizzybennet]

My brother in law just sent me a link to a website that gives the correct translation of Chinese and Japanese characters as used in the West. For example, he tells people what their tattoos really say. It's quite entertaining. Chris has been telling me for years that people walk around with nonsense on their shirts, but how are we to know?

It's sort of the answer to the Engrish website. Fun stuff :)

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[missjewell.livejournal.com]

This post made me laugh!! My husband came home one day all proud cause he got the name Melissa in Chinese on his arm, and I was all "dude, that probably says "whoa I am a big dumb ass"
Well fast forward to a year later and we meet this chinese man and he see that tat and says and points to it and says "Melissa"

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

*whew* good to know it says what it should! I'm sure it's more common for the tat to be what it's suppose to be, but it's hilarious when it's not!

[jediwonderboy.livejournal.com]

holy crap, I love that blog. Stealing that link.

I've wanted to get something (tattoo) in Kanji for years, but have always run across different translations of words I wanted, and found so many different versions of them, that I just stayed away.

When I did find a real Japanese translation dictionary, most of the words I wanted, I didn't like the symbols for.

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

It's pretty funny. My favorite so far is the girl who wanted her tattoo to say "b*tch" and it actually says "prostitute." Both are horrible, the second one is just too funny.

If you could find a tattoo artist that actually spoke and wrote Kanji, I'd say go for it. Otherwise, chances are he/she'd leave out a stroke rendering it meaningless. So, what words do you like? I got to wondering if they have a character for "chad", like a hanging chad from a vote ballot? :)

[jediwonderboy.livejournal.com]

"like a hanging chad from a vote ballot? :)"

ha! but no, I would not do that.

My friend Base (yep, that's his name) is a tattoo artist who is half Japanese, and he does a lot of that work. He's who I got the dictionary from. He's pretty amused when people come in asking for one thing, and then discover it means another. If I ever get a tattoo though, it's going to be something I design. Or Luke's Xwing Helmet.

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

ok, WOW at the results a google image search on "star wars tattoo" yields!

Are you thinking something like this (http://folk.ntnu.no/oysteing/rebelalliance.jpg)?

[jediwonderboy.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine actually has that in a dark blue on his arm; but no, I would get an image of Luke's Xwing Helmet, kind of like in my icon here, but showing a little more beaten up/weathered.

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

Oh, ok. Got it :) I probably would never get a tattoo because it's against my religious beliefs (shocker, right?) But if I did, it'd probably be like behind my ear, maybe a small flower or star, that only shows occasionally.