David Beckham's Hindi Tattoo
David Beckham, the former English international football star, has embraced body art in a big way since he had his first tattoo inked following the birth of his son Brooklyn in March 1999. However, David Beckham also has a tattoo that reinforces one of the first rules of getting a tattoo done in a language that is not your own – and that is to have the tattoo professionally translated!
In 2000, for his third tattoo, Beckham opted to have his wife’s name, Victoria, inked on his inside lower left arm. However, he thought it would be less tacky to have it done in Hindi.
In India, over 180 million people speak Hindi as their first language and a further 300 million learn it as their second language. Any one of these people would instantly notice that Victoria has been misspelled as Vihctoria.
This is yet another example of how important it is to get your Chinese Year of the Tiger tattoo professionally and Char4U.com offers a Chinese Tattoo Designs service.
The main reason that western people make Chinese Tattoo Mistakes is because they use free Chinese translation services either online or offline.
Picture of David Beckham’s tattoos reproduced under Creative Commons with permission of Personeelsnet on flickr
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Mercy. …I’d be afraid of having a tattoo in another language. But, Chinese Tattoo Designs has a great selling point.
.-= MiMi´s last blog ..AJ commented on the blog post Chinese tattoos – common mistakes =-.
Back to the basics–spelling. Wonder if Victoria knows?
Oh what a shame that is is misspelled! And in tattoos there are no do overs!
.-= grandmabev´s last blog ..AJ commented on the blog post Tonight 02 June on Giant Squid Open Mike: Squidoo Induction =-.
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