How can i get an accurate English to Chinese translation?

Question

Im going to be getting an kenji tattoo in a few monthes that says "live the moment" and i want to be sure it says the right thing, not go f ur momma! problem is every translation site ive gone to has given me difrent charicture...how can i find the right one?

Answer 1

To get caligrapy, I would suggest a book.



The sites I can suggest will give it in standard traditional font and I don't think you want that tattooed on U!



Just google english to chinese. Tigernet I think is one that works pretty well.



Get a caligraphy book though. That is where the true beauty of the language shows its face..... : )



(ADDED) I have used freetranslation.com. IT IS NOT GOOD FOR CHINESE. Just saw as one of the responses.



Good luck!

Answer 2

I am Chinese.

Although that doesn't help your problem. It just seemed cool that I'd say that.

Accurate?

Do you happen to have any friends that are Chinese?

The internet isn't really the best place to look. A person I know wanted a tattoo that said "Big Help"

and it ended up saying "Big Poo"

in Chinese.

Which is sorta funny if you think about it.

I think the best way is to find a Chinese person.

And ask them.

Politely, of course

Answer 3

The best and most reliable source for free translation out there is Babelfish.



http://babelfish.altavista.com/



This site will translate english to both "simple" chinese and "traditional" chinese.





If you are looking to learn chinese characters on your own, try this site. It is fantastic.



http://www.zhongwen.com/



Hope this all helps, and good luck with the tattoo! ;0)



Jim

Answer 4

If you insist on getting a tattoo that was trendy and overdone to death, find somebody who knows the language.

Answer 5

don t have tattoo - you might be sorry in few month or years time like many people

Answer 6

Buy an Apple MacBook. It has a translater built in it!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

try looking up translation

Answer 8

Hmm. try the internet...

Answer 9

www.freetranslation.com