Bella Nuit Posted August 31, 2016 at 08:26 AM Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 at 08:26 AM Hello, Lately I've moved in into small apartment and there are some letters on the wall in the kitchen. My sister already found out they're Chinese, so I would like to ask you to help me with translating them, I'm curious to know what they mean! Thank you in advance! Here are the pictures. The two 'words' (I call it words because they're separate from each other) are next to each other, I just couldn't take a full picture of it at once: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geiko Posted August 31, 2016 at 01:44 PM Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 at 01:44 PM They seem to be transliterations of western names, 伊沃娜 for Ivonne and 羅伯特 for Robert (although the middle character looks weird). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted August 31, 2016 at 02:31 PM Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 at 02:31 PM Agreed. Also they look like they were copied by someone who didn't know Chinese themselves. The copyist clearly did their best to do this well, but you can still tell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Nuit Posted August 31, 2016 at 02:49 PM Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 at 02:49 PM Oh, I see! Thank you very much for help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted September 1, 2016 at 01:58 AM Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 at 01:58 AM "伊沃娜 for Ivonne" The way the left side of the word 伊 is written suggests that the person's name probably starts with a "Y". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigZaboon Posted September 1, 2016 at 03:27 AM Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 at 03:27 AM I think skylee is right. Where I come from, the female name posted above is written Yvonne, and pronounced 'ee-von' so it might approximate the pinyin version of 'yi'... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geiko Posted September 1, 2016 at 07:03 AM Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 at 07:03 AM My wrong, this name is very rare in my country, and the only person I know writes it with "I". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigZaboon Posted September 1, 2016 at 07:20 AM Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 at 07:20 AM @ Geiko Then you're not wrong. Where I come from, the name is spelled one way, but that doesn't mean it can't be spelled another way, even in the same location. Both my given and family names have at least two variant spellings each, but the pronunciation is identical for each. Names are tricky... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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