Kamis, 05 Agustus 2010


本日二件目。
鯉。
どんどん進めましょう。

It is second case today.
koi fish.
I will advance fast.


Es segundo caso hoy. el pez del koi.
Ayunaré adelante.

Rabu, 04 Agustus 2010

本日一件目。
山狗と牡丹。
続きはまた9月。
帰省、気をつけて。(^-^)

The first of today. 
Wild dog and peonies.
Continuation : in September.


El primero de hoy.
Perro salvaje y peonías.
Continuación: en septiembre.
from: Jeff L.
to: tiangotlost@gmail.com
date: Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:44 AM
subject: My silly-ass tattoo

Hi Tian!

Very nice blog you have here. I was wondering if you could help me re-translate (hopefully correctly this time) my first ever tattoo!! (surprise!) The top should read "to excel", the inside should read "strength", the outside "to persevere", and the bottom "to find happiness".

Thanks!

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In Japanese, 我慢 means "to persevere" or "patience, endurance, perseverance." However, it means "I am slow" in Chinese.
芽出度い, which can mean "happy" but can also colloquially mean "pregnant" or "crazy."
from: Carla M.
to: tiangotlost@gmail.com
date: Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:20 PM
subject: Could u help me with my tattoo?

Hi,

I have a chinese tattoo and I'm probably the 200000th person who claims your help to know if I'm as stupid as all people who trust their tattoo artist... I had believed during 10 years that my tattoo means an "C" a "K" and an "S"...I'm right?

Thanks!!

junio'10 (17)

Carla is another person with gibberish faux Chinese tattooed on her back.

http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/2006/08/gibberish-asian-font-mystery-solved.html

http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/2009/11/another-set-of-gibberish-english.html
from: Lindsey O.
to: tiangotlost@gmail.com
date: Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:51 AM
subject: tattoo

One of my exes has several tattoos that are either hanzi or kanji, though I am not sure which. I had always wondered if they actually mean what he believes them to, and was able to find a couple of pictures that had two of them (though, unfortunately I couldn't find any of the other one/ones). Those attached are supposed to say "way of the tiger" and "way of the dragon."

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Granted these were not high resolution photographs, however 道大虎 and 道大龍 are not exactly "way of the tiger" and "way of the dragon".

Selasa, 03 Agustus 2010

本日三件目。
久しぶりの赤い龍。
慎重にイメージを投影していきます。
本日終了。


The third of today.
Red dragon after a long time.
The image is carefully projected.
Today's end.


El tercio de hoy.
Dragón rojo después de un tiempo largo.
La imagen se proyecta cuidadosamente.
El fin de hoy.
本日二件目。
ムネワリの龍。
頑張っていきまっしょい(^-^)/


The second of today.
Dragon of MUNEWARI.
Working hard!! (^-^) /


El segundo de hoy.
Dragón de MUNEWARI.
¡Trabajando difícilmente!! (^ - ^) /