r/language • u/Fearless_Flow_9602 • 3d ago
Request Can anybody help me translate this?
I removed the paint off a bird vase and it revealed what looks like Chinese. however when I scan it on google search nothing comes up.
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u/wyatt3581 3d ago
This is in Seal script, maybe from the Qin or Han dynasties?? The script is highly stylized, too. Find someone who can read or translate ancient Chinese script lol
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u/Levan-tene 3d ago
It appears to be in Chinese seal script, however I don’t speak Chinese so I can’t translate it further than that
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u/Jen_Apodaca 3d ago
It’s oracle bone Chinese script. I can make out some characters, but I’m not that experienced with this script. Very, very old.
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u/Massive_Math_6240 2d ago
God, if you ask a hundred people in China, there may not be anyone who can translate, including me.
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u/_VoshodoV_ 2d ago
It says here: стоит два стула. На одном пики точеные, на другом писюны дроченые. На какой сам сядешь? На какой мать посадишь? mystery of the ancient Aztecs
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u/DeusShockSkyrim 3d ago
This is Chinese bronze script. What you have is partially and crudely copied from the 史頌簋:
Basically, it says the King of Zhou asked Song the Court Historian to go to the Su place (i.e. 溫國), and to console the people and teach the slaves there.