"Kaeru Gaman"'s avatar in chinese mean

PBChinese · Post by **PBChinese** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:29 am

top : 蛙=青蛙= Frog
left: 我= i ,me
right 慢＝Slow
like box 口=嘴巴＝Mouths

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:03 am

Even translated, it is not understood.
Really strange is chinese language for me.

I wonder if Kaeru knows the meaning of his avatar.

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:47 pm

> I wonder if Kaeru knows the meaning of his avatar.

of course I know, I created it myself.

the "box" is only meant as a frame, like with names in egypt hyroglyphs.
so without having a special meaning. artist's freedom.

base of this avatar is japanese, like for my nickname.

top is frog, this is right, this is what "Kaeru" means if written with this sign.

the other two signs is one word "Gaman" meaning "patience"
the connection to the basic chinese meaning maybe "me slow to anger".

codemaniac · Post by **codemaniac** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:51 pm

Frog Patience

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:05 pm

The patient frog!

sounds like something H.P.Baxxter could yell

codemaniac · Post by **codemaniac** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:07 pm

I spot a Scooter fan

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:29 pm

codemaniac wrote:I spot a Scooter fan

Basic techno/dance/trance fan

Scooter is always good hehe

However my taste is wide. Very

ricardo · Post by **ricardo** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:39 pm

Watching chineese movies i notice that sometines people speak a lot and the subtitle translation only say a few words like "yes".

Bout otherwise is the opposite: just a few words and the translation put a lot of words.

Its this possible or just a mistake of translators?

codemaniac · Post by **codemaniac** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:30 pm

ricardo wrote:Watching chineese movies i notice that sometines people speak a lot and the subtitle translation only say a few words like "yes".

Bout otherwise is the opposite: just a few words and the translation put a lot of words.

Its this possible or just a mistake of translators?

Well, once I saw a German language film with Finnish subtitles, and good that I understood German, because the Finnish subtitles had a lot of the story cut off..

For example, a German guy says: "Wenn du jetzt mit den Geld nicht raus rückst, dann sorge ich dafür das du ins Jenseitz gelingst!" (My German is bad, I know)
That is in English as much as: "If you don't give me the money, I will take care of having you go to hell!" (Not a perfect translation, but something in that way)
The Finnish subtitles have only this: "Nyt mulla menee hermot!"
In English that would be: "Now I am getting angry!"

See the difference?
I really don't understand those translators.. there are some good translators who translate very well, but then again there are those who don't bother to make a perfect translation.

codemaniac · Post by **codemaniac** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:33 pm

thefool wrote:
codemaniac wrote:I spot a Scooter fan
Basic techno/dance/trance fan
Scooter is always good hehe

However my taste is wide. Very

Please don't tell me you make music too? Because I do

I have bought Cubase4 and MAGIX Music Maker and I do some techno too, but mostly I do ambient or mixed beats/tunes

PB · Post by PB » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:04 pm

> there are some good translators who translate very well, but then again
> there are those who don't bother to make a perfect translation

It depends on the context and what's happening on-screen too. They usually
shorten a phrase if it's going to be too long for the audience to read, while
keeping the basic meaning intact. After all, if you can't speak the language
then you're not going to know any different.

einander · Post by **einander** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:47 pm

I Have a shirt with some chinese signs on the pocket.
I've asked the chinese girl attendant on the laundry please to translate that small text for me.
She start reading on loud voice a looong phrase in chinese. I asked again to translate it to spanish.
And she said very serious: Kung-Fu. :roll:

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:50 pm

codemaniac wrote:Please don't tell me you make music too? Because I do

Check your pm's

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:01 am

Basic techno/dance/trance fan
Scooter is always good hehe

However my taste is wide. Very

Friends, Hyper Hyper & Move Your Ass are classics!

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:10 am

DoubleDutch wrote:
Basic techno/dance/trance fan
Scooter is always good hehe

However my taste is wide. Very
Friends, Hyper Hyper & Move Your Ass are classics!

yeah

How much is the fish?