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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Name? | 5/31/2012 |
| Q: I bought a beautiful painting and have no clue what this says A: Keith, Indeed, it is a very beautiful calligraphy. Unfortunately, not all the words are clearly ... | |
| Cup | 5/21/2012 |
| Q: Thank you Also i wanted to ask there a seal on the cup in red plastic could that mean it's from chin ... A: Victor, The Chinese characters on the cup are: ... | |
| word on Bowl | 5/16/2012 |
| Q: Here another one that on a bowl. Thank you @@@@@IMAGE:100449:Chinese-2782/2012/05/bowl_2.jpg##### ... A: Victor, If you have a new item that you want me to translate, would you please post your request ... | |
| Words | 5/9/2012 |
| Q: I have about 4 more if you don't mine. Here you go thank you again. ... A: Victor, Too bad that there's a small hole right beside the "word", which makes it difficult to tell ... | |
| Words | 5/8/2012 |
| Q: I have about 4 more if you don't mine. Here you go thank you again. A: Victor, It's good to hear from you again. The image file that you posted says: 丘光. ... | |
| Translation | 5/5/2012 |
| Q: I have this one can you tell what it say, i had this art for a good long time but never read it. ... A: Victor, Thank you for your question. The Chinese wordings in the photograph that you posted mean: ... | |
| Chinese Tattoo | 5/3/2012 |
| Q: I have booked time at a tattoo shop for a complete Chinese/Japanese sleeve. It will contain some koi ... A: Martin, Howdy! Please be assured that the name Martin does not mean "horse and field" in the ... | |
| Chinese Tattoo | 5/2/2012 |
| Q: I have booked time at a tattoo shop for a complete Chinese/Japanese sleeve. It will contain some koi ... A: Martin, Thank you for your question. Firstly, I must say I find the tattoos you have had are quite ... | |
| Chinese Soft Drink Translation | 2/27/2012 |
| Q: Can you translate "Tasty Yellow," "Relax Yellow," "Mellow Yellow," and "Delicious Yellow" into ... A: Rob, Thank you for the very interesting question. To be honest, I have not heard of some of these ... | |
| Unknown Character | 12/1/2011 |
| Q: I was inputting some old texts into my computer and ran across a character I am unsure of. It is ... A: Good morning, Lucian, Thank you for your follow-up question. The word should have been written as ... | |
| Unknown Character | 12/1/2011 |
| Q: I was inputting some old texts into my computer and ran across a character I am unsure of. It is ... A: Good morning, Lucian, The character that you posted appears to me to be partial. The nearest ... | |
| Do you know any good tasteful and clean chinese jokes | 11/8/2011 |
| Q: I'm looking for a good (clean) joke i can tell my chinese girlfriend. She's a native to sichuan ... A: Good morning, Ryan, Thank you for your email. "Heard at the Coroner's Court for the death of ... | |
| Superstition | 10/22/2011 |
| Q: My parents always tell me not to sleep with my hair wet, because it will cause "fung seep/sup" ... A: M, If you really want to catch a cold, go sleep with your hair wet. That's why my parents said. I ... | |
| Statue of one of the taoist immortals | 10/3/2011 |
| Q: I found this neat statue of a toaist immortal.(Iron crutch Li) Looks pretty detailed dont know much ... A: Tom, Thank you for your follow-up question. My wild guess would be that the figurine was made ... | |
| Statue of one of the taoist immortals | 9/30/2011 |
| Q: I found this neat statue of a toaist immortal.(Iron crutch Li) Looks pretty detailed dont know much ... A: Tom, "Iron-Crutch Li (traditional Chinese: 李鐵拐; simplified Chinese: ... | |
| Please Help | 8/18/2011 |
| Q: please help me decipher the markings on the bottom of a bronze forged item that I found in a closet. ... A: Claire, Thank you for your question. While I am not an archeologist, and no expert in antiques, I ... | |
| Inscription on a statue of a turtle who is a monk | 8/16/2011 |
| Q: and thank you very much for being willing to answer questions. For my birthday two days ago, I ... A: Julian, First of all, a belated happy birthday and many happy returns! The two chareacters on the ... | |
| Old Chinese | 7/19/2011 |
| Q: I have an image attached and hope that you can help identify if this is old Chinese or a different ... A: John, Thank you for providing a very interesting graphic. I have to admit that I am not ... | |
| Chinese | 6/1/2011 |
| Q: The picture below has a friend's name in it. Can you please give me the pinyin for it? Kind ... A: Good morning, Maddy, Thank you for your question. 莎拉: Sara The pinyin for it: ... | |
| Translate this for me please. | 5/8/2011 |
| Q: Could you please translate that for me what it means, in English and Chinese? Thanks in advance. A: Hallo, Fabian, Thank you for your question. The word 慧 in Pinyin is "huì". By itself, the ... | |
| Translation of very small Chinese text from an image | 4/29/2011 |
| Q: Here's a background to the image: It's about a game, and each line describes what happens when a ... A: John, As requested: "超级轮子(范围更大) Super ... | |
| I need this translated. | 4/27/2011 |
| Q: I was wondering if you could possibly just type this out in chinese letters. Thanks. A: Rachel, My understanding is that you want me to type out the Chinese letters in the image that you ... | |
| correct words? | 3/16/2011 |
| Q: I'm trying to look up a few words, and there are many of the same one. How will an American find the ... A: H, I am sorry for the time it takes to respond to your repost. You and I are in different Time ... | |
| correct words? | 3/15/2011 |
| Q: I'm trying to look up a few words, and there are many of the same one. How will an American find the ... A: I hope you are not working with MI6. Last time, they sent M and Q but didn't manage to squeeze too ... | |
| Chinese Homonym Problem | 2/7/2011 |
| Q: I just started learning Mandarin Chinese and it seems to me like there are many words in Chinese ... A: There are many words in Chinese that sound almost (some, exactly) the same including the same tone. ... | |
| TRANSLATION FROM CHINESE TO ENGLISH | 1/19/2011 |
| Q: CAN YOU TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING PLEASE 2011/1/19 淘寶香港客服 ... A: Joyce, Voilà! "2011/1/19 Taobao Hong Kong Customer Services. Your message has been received. We ... | |
| 8 | 1/18/2011 |
| Q: I hope you can help me. I have a printing plate of the front page of the British newspaper "The ... A: Ms. Willmott, In Chinese culture, certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious (e.g. 8, 9, ... | |
| simple translation | 1/8/2011 |
| Q: I am writing a novel with Chinese characters, and I am hoping you can help translate the English ... A: Camille, In Chinese, the word "Nu" means female, the word "Hai" means kid/teenager. As such, when ... | |
| simple translation | 1/5/2011 |
| Q: I am writing a novel with Chinese characters, and I am hoping you can help translate the English ... A: Camille, 1. Sweet Girl - "可""爱""的"(sweet)Pinyin="Ke""Ai""Di"[adjective] ... | |
| Translate image for baby snack product | 12/18/2010 |
| Q: My family has been trying to find this product, but we can't find anyone who understands the label. ... A: Gabriel, Word-to-word translation: Good Ma Ma (good mother). Pronunciation: Hau Ma Ma. The ... | |
| A Chinese poem? | 12/9/2010 |
| Q: I would like to know if the Chinese characters (picture herewith attached) on a pair of antique ... A: though the Chinese characters therein are still somewhat blurry. I think there's a restriction on ... | |
| English to Chinese Translation and Visa Versa | 11/24/2010 |
| Q: I don't understand a bit of Chinese. However, I'd like to communicate in Chinese over the internet ... A: Green, Thank you for your enquiry. I do not think there's any software that can translate one ... | |
| Could you translate these inscriptions. | 10/1/2010 |
| Q: I've photographed the inscriptions on an item I have, and was wondering if you could translate ... A: Eoghan, Thank you for your note. It's not so much what the material of the article is made of. ... | |
| Asian characters translation | 9/27/2010 |
| Q: The link below is a picture of a tattoo. I am not sure of which language the characters are but I ... A: John, These are Traditional Chinese characters. The word on your left hand side means "dead" (it is ... | |
| Could you translate these inscriptions. | 9/26/2010 |
| Q: I've photographed the inscriptions on an item I have, and was wondering if you could translate ... A: I am sorry for the belated reply. My associates and I have not been able to read all the ... | |
| Taoism | 9/23/2010 |
| Q: I've found a book titled 'The Te of Piglet' and the author says the word 'Te' should be pronounced ... A: The Chinese word for "Te" is 德 "Te" is the Mandarin version of 德. The Cantonese ... | |
| Translation | 5/8/2010 |
| Q: I was wondering if you could confirm a few translations for me and help me with a couple others. ... A: My comments are: ... | |
| Help with esoteric term | 2/1/2010 |
| Q: and thank you for being willing to answer questions. I am having difficulty finding out the ... A: Julian, The tactical art of walking quietly in Chinese is called: In Simplified Chinese: ... | |
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Sir William
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My mother-tongue is Chinese and I received formal Western education. I can help you with (English>Chinese; Chinese>English) translations for free. Please limit your question within 30 words. I will not assist in racially discriminatory, vulgar and lewd questions. Unless I am away from my base, the normal turnaround time is approximately 24 hours.
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I am a professional hotelier with extensive senior managerial/training experience in China, Canada and Australia.
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Master of Business Administration
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