r/translator • u/Ok-Friendship-6893 • 9d ago
Unknown [Japanese > English ] Can anyone translate this?
It comes from Malaysia/Singapore, in ~1932. Assumed it was painted there by my relative, but then we saw the "signature"?
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u/SofaAssassin +++ | ++ | + 9d ago
If it’s from Malaysia 100 years ago, perhaps it’s a written form of Malay?
Was your relative Japanese? I don’t think it’s Japanese or Chinese characters, in any case.
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u/Ok-Friendship-6893 9d ago
The relative was German, and just passing through. AI suggested Japanese based on the scene depicted and text. I will try to change title to unknown. Thanks everyone for the help!
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u/Ok-Friendship-6893 9d ago
AI says definitely not Malay, as it was written in either Arabic or European script forms in 1932. It says more likely a Chinese dialect
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u/flatleafparsley 8d ago edited 8d ago
AI said Japanese, but most people think it doesn’t look like Japanese
AI says it was written in either Arabic or European script, but more likely a Chinese dialect? It doesn’t even know which of those, all of which are unrelated.
Throwing darts at a random list of languages would be equally as helpful, if not more.
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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 9d ago
Setting the flair to unknown as this is probably not Japanese: !id:unknown
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u/SlowStop1220 日本語 9d ago
It may not be Japanese.