Just picked up some cool paper cuts. And was wondering if metafilter can help me translate them. I believe they are Chinese but honestly I am not sure. Two images are below:
Paper Cut One
Paper Cut Two
Let me know if you have any trouble with the images. And thanks again Metafilter!
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Tell me what you know about building a Wordpress-based site in English, but with Chinese-language content. Or any other language, really, if it applies to this situation.
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Looking to put
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on Dec 15, 2012 -
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I was (happily) re-gifted a beautiful box of Chinese teas which my brother had received years ago but we have no clue about what teas are actually included. I've take a picture of the
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What is my new used bike from the '70s is trying to tell me (translation help please)?
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on Jul 24, 2010 -
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How do you say/express the idea of "culture shock" in Chinese (Mandarin)?
I do speak Chinese, so if you type in pinyin that will be fine.
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posted by hnk
on Jun 10, 2010 -
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posted by Mayhembob
on Apr 4, 2010 -
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Looking for some Chinese (or Japanese) surname translation help. I have this old lock for an chest and it has two pairs of Chinese characters that were hand engraved on it (pics inside). I'll be damned if I can make out more than one of the characters (昌）, but because of the arrangement I suspect they're two family names. And I'm guessing Chinese because none of the characters are common in the Japanese names I know. But it's all wild speculation on my part and I'll happily be corrected. Any ideas about what it is and where it came from is welcome.
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posted by Ookseer
on Jan 15, 2010 -
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This is an ancient chinese inscription on an antique vase... thousands of years old. Can anyone translate it or let us know what kind of dragon this is or if it realates to any story... anything would help. Thanks your help is greatly appreciated
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posted by colusa
on Oct 10, 2008 -
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Chinese translation question: 1.2 台幣每字 translates into "1.2 dollar per character" via Babelfish. What is it really? 1.2 yuan per word? Or something else? What is this likely to be in USD?
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on Sep 25, 2008 -
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Can someone translate the Asian (I presume) symbol and text on this baseball hat?
Pic1 Pic2
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My girlfriend's parents have been told that they may develop 森林脑炎 -- a Chinese disease which seems to be similar to Lyme disease.
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I'm looking for a cool Kanji/Hanji nickname that I will use to identify my Kendo/Kumdo equipment bags.
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Please help me find a reliable (hopefully free) translation service so that I can ace my Mandarin test.
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posted by JamesJD
on Sep 18, 2007 -
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I've bought a couple pieces of Chinese calligraphy in recent years and have been wondering what the characters on them mean/represent. Can someone here fluent in Chinese or just knowledgeable about Chinese calligraphy give me a decent translation of each? (Sorry about the frame glass glare in the first picture.) Thanks!
http://tinyurl.com/38movo
http://tinyurl.com/2nvc66
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on Jan 29, 2007 -
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Can anyone help me translate Pinyin to English or know of a site that can translate phrases? A friend of mine was sent this, 'Wo zhen de shang ni chu, yen wei wo xi huan ni pe wo de shi zhen' and he has asked my help in finding out what it means. For all I know it could be totally insulting, inappropriate, etc... so apologies in advance if its offensive. Anyone?
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on Dec 21, 2006 -
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