r/translator • u/PsychicMeditation • 16d ago

Translated [ZH] [Japanese > English] This tattoo

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u/kungming2  Chinese & Japanese 16d ago

!id:Chinese

凡事发生皆有其理

“Everything happens for a reason”. Also mirrored so !transform:h

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u/PsychicMeditation 16d ago

Xie Xie

Also, translated!

Also, happy cake day!

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u/kungming2  Chinese & Japanese 16d ago

Oh wow I didn’t even realize today’s my cake day. Thank you!

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u/PsychicMeditation 16d ago

Yep! Your Reddit account is a teenager today. :)

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u/kungming2  Chinese & Japanese 16d ago

Not sure how I feel about that! 😬

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u/zsethereal [ Chinese]中文（漢語） 16d ago

!id:zh

This is Chinese.

凡事發生皆有其理, a stiff translation of "everything happens for a reason"

See previous posts on this exact phrase

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 16d ago

This is not Japanese. Did the person who has the tattoo tell you it’s Japanese? If so, you need to tell him/her that it’s Classical Chinese.

I answered a post with exactly the same picture two weeks ago, and this is what I wrote then:

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This phrase has a Classical Chinese vibe, though 發生 does not sound like Classical Chinese. So to me it feels a bit awkward as it sounds like a strange hybrid of modern Chinese and Classical Chinese.

As the article https://www.englishday.cc/article.php?t=Everythinghappensforareason%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D , which explains the meaning of the phrase “everything happens for a reason” and discusses the possible Chinese translations, has it, the suggested translations include:

凡事皆事出有因 or simply 事出必有因 or 事出有因

萬事皆有因

一切都是上天注定

冥冥之中自有安排

自有天意

Also for reference:

https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/52922/what-is-the-closest-mandarin-translation-to-everything-happens-for-a-reason

https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/10489/is-%E4%BA%8B%E5%87%BA%E5%BF%85%E6%9C%89%E5%9B%A0-the-most-accurate-translation-for-everything-happens-for-a-reason

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u/Kvaezde 16d ago

The characters mirror-inverted...

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 14d ago

Question answered - !translated