"Pride"

Mya's roommate got this tattoo done and claims it meant "pride".



"Pride"?!

Only if he is enrolled in the special education class.

This 傲 is "pride", what he got is 敖, and it means "[to] ramble".

"Beauty"

larger view

What is more embarrassing than discovering your Chinese character tattoo 美 does not mean what you thought it meant and it is done upside down?

"Lower Class"

Scott wants to have several characters tattooed on him.

In his first email, he explains:

“This is a tattoo that I want to get Number 4. In the center it is suppose to say ‘family love.’ On the left, I have two names, ‘Zoe’ on top and ‘Angie’ at bottom. On the right, I have two names, ‘Grady’ on top and ‘Jordan’ at bottom.”



Surprised by the translator’s choice of using 下流 as “Jordan”, I asked Scott if that was a mistake.

下流 【かりゅう】 (n) downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

He replied in a second email that this was indeed not a mistake. He also told me he got the translations from Eri Takase.

Either Ms. Takase needs an updated lesson on Japanese/Chinese language, or she should brush up on professional ethics.