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Ok so i've been contemplating getting a tattoo for a while now and I think i've finally chosen something that fits my life.
The thing is, I want it written in Chinese (being an American born Chinese myself) and I'd have a really hard time asking my mom to write it out for me since I'm not that great at speaking Cantonese. I mean i can speak Cantonese easily its just the phrase I want done is too complex for me.
Also, I may not get this tattoo as I want to see how many characters it will be since I don't want a paragraph written on my arm.
Anyways heres the phrase I need translated:
"Everything's gonna be alright"
Thanks in advance to all your TL'ers.
-Long time lurker =D
 
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konadora
Singapore66366 Posts
一帆风顺 maybe?
similar meaning (as in life's gonna be alright)
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Can you elaborate on what is prompting you to get a tattoo written in a language that you can't speak or write? I don't really find racial origins compelling.
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Kau
Canada3502 Posts
什麼都不要擔心
"Don't worry about anything"
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On September 11 2009 14:28 Kau wrote:
什麼都不要擔心
"Don't worry about anything"
that's really awkward and bad phrasing for a tattoo though
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On September 11 2009 14:22 konadora wrote:
一帆风顺 maybe?
similar meaning (as in life's gonna be alright)
Dunno, the proverb is more a description than an assurance/suggestion that life will be alright. I was thinking about this and simply couldn't think of anything in Chinese that looks passable while fits the meaning.
Need something simple like きっと大丈夫 -.-
To be specific, Kau's would be fine if we simply want something that a Chinese would say when they mean something like that the OP wanted (I'd add emphasis on the lack of need rather than command the person to not worry, but that's minor). Except they don't mean what the OP wants them to mean. It comes out closer to that "You don't need to worry". Can't really think of anything that'd actually mean for things to be "fine" rather than "not go wrong".
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没问题
no problem.
or
不用担心
no need to worry
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How hard is it to translate what he actually wrote....... god I hate these weird languages.
I can translate his english into croatian word for word and it sounds good.
And no, english and croatian are not the same type of language.
Anglo-saxon vs slavic.
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
I am highly against your decision to get asian words/phrases
It seriously looks ridiculous. I guess it does look alot better in Chinese but still...
I remember some white guy in Korea was bragging how he got a tattoo in korean saying "I am a badass fucker" and when he showed me it, it said "나는 멋진 시발섹기"
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because no one actually says
"Everything's gonna be alright" in chinese
anytime theres a situation where someone would say that in English I usually hear this phrase in chinese 你 不要哭
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Thanks guys so much!|
@failsafe, I can speak and understand Cantonese, just can't write it out and wasn't sure how to phrase it so it would sound ok.
I've seen Chinese tattoos on plenty of people (chinese of course) and they all turn out pretty good.
@nitereloaded, chinese is pretty hard to translate because there aren't words that can be directly translated to english.
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konadora
Singapore66366 Posts
OK没问题
this is probably the best
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Chinese tatoos suck 
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u should just get 1 cool character. any full 成语 phrase generally looks awful
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Getting a Chinese tattoo when your Chinese isn't so good is retarded in my eyes. Get something else.
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On September 11 2009 16:43 MrHoon wrote:
I am highly against your decision to get asian words/phrases
It seriously looks ridiculous. I guess it does look alot better in Chinese but still...
I remember some white guy in Korea was bragging how he got a tattoo in korean saying "I am a badass fucker" and when he showed me it, it said "나는 멋진 시발섹기"
? what did it really say lol
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On September 11 2009 18:19 JohnColtrane wrote:Show nested quote +On September 11 2009 16:43 MrHoon wrote:
I am highly against your decision to get asian words/phrases
It seriously looks ridiculous. I guess it does look alot better in Chinese but still...
I remember some white guy in Korea was bragging how he got a tattoo in korean saying "I am a badass fucker" and when he showed me it, it said "나는 멋진 시발섹기" ? what did it really say lol
I'm a fucker of badass ?
lol
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On September 11 2009 19:00 FaCE_1 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 11 2009 18:19 JohnColtrane wrote:On September 11 2009 16:43 MrHoon wrote:
I am highly against your decision to get asian words/phrases
It seriously looks ridiculous. I guess it does look alot better in Chinese but still...
I remember some white guy in Korea was bragging how he got a tattoo in korean saying "I am a badass fucker" and when he showed me it, it said "나는 멋진 시발섹기" ? what did it really say lol I'm a fucker of badass ? lol
pics or bs
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