Katie, Now I'm curious. Would you be willing to send along a photo of the text? I'm only an intermediate-level student of the Chinese language, but perhaps I might be able to add to Patty's student's translation. Valerie On Mar 16, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Patty Shore <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Katie, > > Here is what my Chinese exchange student was able to translate from the picture you sent. I Hope this helps. > > Hey mom! It is traditional chinese. From right to left, it is "General Nuode Chen preciously keeps" ; "act bravely for justiceĦħ; i can't really read this line. it says something like Chinese American XXX but I can't recognize the fifth and the last characters in this line; "Republic of China, year 34, September". > > Patty > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Katie Hall Burlison <[log in to unmask]> > To: MUSEUM-L <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 9:16 am > Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Chinese translation > > Thanks, everyone, for the very helpful responses! > > Katie Hall Burlison > Curator of Decorative Arts > Louisiana State Museum > 1000 Chartres Street > New Orleans, La. 70116 > 504.568.5463 > fax 504.599.1950 > http://www.crt.state.la.us/museum/ > > > From: Katie Hall Burlison > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Chinese translation > > Hello, > We have a silver pitcher that was given to a Lt General in the Air Force in 1945. It has a Chinese inscription, and I am looking for someone to help me translate it. If anyone has suggestions of who I could contact, or could translate for me, please email me at [log in to unmask] > Thanks, > > Katie Hall Burlison > Curator of Decorative Arts > Louisiana State Museum > 1000 Chartres Street > New Orleans, La. 70116 > 504.568.5463 > fax 504.599.1950 > http://www.crt.state.la.us/museum/ > > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).