Ivor Lee Posted 4 November , 2003 Share Posted 4 November , 2003 I recently purchase a piece of trench art. A shell with Royal Berkshire Regiment badge on one side and Chinese characters on the other side. Having spent an evening trawling the internet to try to find Chinese characters to English translator I reckon I have managed 5 of the 8 characters. But am stuck on the last three. Iknow I could take the shell to my local Chinese Takeway and get Mr Tang to translate it but I like the challenge! (Comments about being a sad old ****** not needed). Seriously does anyone know of a good translation site? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hussar Posted 4 November , 2003 Share Posted 4 November , 2003 Ivor, Have a look here... http://www.aaaefl.co.uk/Dictionaries___Ref...ries/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 5 November , 2003 Share Posted 5 November , 2003 When you've cracked it Ivor, I hope that you will share the wisdom of the orient with the rest of us Good Luck Michael D.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 5 November , 2003 Author Share Posted 5 November , 2003 Thanks Hussar for the link. Looking at it I think it will be a weekend task! I will let the Forum know my results if I am successful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hussar Posted 5 November , 2003 Share Posted 5 November , 2003 Might be 'Made in Hong Kong'!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 7 November , 2003 Share Posted 7 November , 2003 When you've cracked it Ivor, I hope that you will share the wisdom of the orient with the rest of us Probably 'Made in France' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 3 December , 2003 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2003 So far I think I have translated 6 of the characters. But the others still have me stumped. As I have discovered characters can have more than one meaning so I need to identify them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 3 December , 2003 Share Posted 3 December , 2003 Ivor. half the people I work with in Brunei are fluent in most of the different dialects. If you post the characters I will get them translated by my mate Peng Chung Lee (any relation?) John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 3 December , 2003 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2003 John Thanks for the offer. I will do my best to get a good photograph of the characters and send it directly to you. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 23 December , 2003 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2003 I finally go round to taking up John's (Raster Scanning) kind offer of translating the characters for me. They read " 8 year Commemoration Republic of China" which he explained it meant it was dated 1920. The other side of the shell has both the Royal Berkshire badge and the words "Souvenier of Tincourt 1914 - 19" on it. So I was delighted both to have the translation and that it helps date the shell more accurately. Many thanks John for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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