How do you make your Year of the Tiger Tattoo unique to you? You can adapt your Chinese Tiger Tattoo design in all sorts of ways, including the colours you use, but you may also wish to add Chinese symbols.
In my conversations with my son and daughter (who have ten tattoos between them) one of the things that comes out a lot is how important it is to make their tattoos completely personal to them. Both have designed their own tattoos, some of which are very symbolic, so how can you make your tiger tattoo design unique and personal?
One way is to add Chinese symbols
David Beckham
One of the most famous Chinese tattoos in the world is UK Soccer International David Beckham’s, which was done by a Hong Kong tattoo artist called Gabe. Translated, David Beckham’s tattoo means:
death and life have determined appointments,
riches and honor depend upon heaven
However, you have to take great care that even when you have drafted what phrases or saying you want to add to your Year of the Tiger tattoo. You have to make sure you get it translated into the correct Chinese symbols. Otherwise it could be very embarrassing!
One of the most famous incidents of a wrongly translated tattoo involves Britney Spears, who thought her Kanji Tattoo translated as “mysterious”, when in fact it meant “strange”! There was also the Nike Air ad for LeBron James Basketball shoes that actually said “Extinguish fire from base“!
So how to you make sure that your Tattoo says what you want it to?
How do you ensure that your tattoo does not say: “I love you donkey”, instead of “I love you Mum“?
GET A PROFESSIONAL TO DO THE TRANSLATION!
And this might not mean everyone who is either Chinese or of Chinese descent. Chinese and other related symbols and characters have taken 4,000 years to evolve in various cultures stretching over China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and you need someone who is a professional.
Char4U.com, has Chinese tattoo artists, who translate thousands of English words and phrases into Chinese. They also create custom designs for inking purpose and their website has a Chinese Symbol Translation & Design Service .
The main reason that western people make Chinese Tattoo Mistakes is because they use free translation either online or offline. Because the translation is free, no one can guarantee the accuracy of the translation and people run the risk of getting a Chinese tattoo that may permanently embarrass them. Removing unwanted tattoos is a very expensive, lengthy and painful ordeal!
In fact, some have to go to the expense of having surgery to remove their wrongly translated tattoos – a risk you wont run if you go to a professional.
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