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10-13-2019 12:01 PM
I have I have an old water color painting on my wall. It has these characters on it. Just wondering what they say....a year? The painters name? Perhaps a name for the drawing/ painting? Can anyone help me out?
10-13-2019 12:05 PM
Can’t read it but the symbols are beautiful
10-13-2019 12:13 PM
@dex wrote:Can’t read it but the symbols are beautiful
I agree! What a lovely art!
10-13-2019 12:16 PM
Have you tried something like translate.yandex dot com?
It has a visual translator.
10-13-2019 12:23 PM - edited 10-13-2019 12:25 PM
10-13-2019 12:27 PM - edited 10-13-2019 12:28 PM
@SeaMaiden wrote:
@ILTH wrote:Have you tried something like translate.yandex dot com?
It has a visual translator.
@ILTH do you just down load the picture of the characters?
I just, quickly, found the site by googling "Chinese to English translator." I use online translators a lot.
It looks as if you upload you picture.
ETA
I just saw that you tried it. Sorry. See if there's another one.
10-13-2019 12:39 PM
@SeaMaiden wrote:
Hmmmm went there... you can not just download a picture so is not going to work I guess...
Yes you can......
Another option: If there is no "Chinatown" where you live, go to your local museum. Translators are employed there.
"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."
10-13-2019 12:41 PM
@SeaMaiden Can you upload the photo to Google images? Sometimes it will show the painting with the words spelled in English. Here's what I did....a friend had a painting with Arabic writing. We uploaded the photo into Google Images, identical images popped up. We clicked on those images and there was an English translation. Now, this is a very long shot, but thought I'd share.
10-13-2019 12:54 PM
@Misplaced Parisian wrote:@SeaMaiden Can you upload the photo to Google images? Sometimes it will show the painting with the words spelled in English. Here's what I did....a friend had a painting with Arabic writing. We uploaded the photo into Google Images, identical images popped up. We clicked on those images and there was an English translation. Now, this is a very long shot, but thought I'd share.
I will look into that! Thanks!
10-13-2019 01:15 PM - edited 10-13-2019 01:31 PM
This could be Japanese.
If you have the translator app on your phone you can google how to use it for both android and iphones.
Somebody mentioned the art museum which is worth a try.
There is a translator website but it would cost $4.99
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