< Home < Newsletter < Chinese name translation Recently, we have seen some web sites providing free Chinese name translation services. Some of them are personal web sites and others are web sites that sell Chinese goods that are using this to attract customers. Free and thousands of names available! It sounds really great. However, on closer inspection, we find that many stock names are either poorly or carelessly translated. We will show you some examples in the future issues. Now, come back to our services here at Good Characters. Do you know why we want to have your personal description or interests before "translating" a name? It is part of our mission: We want to show you the beauty of the characters. We want to personalize a Chinese name that truly reflects YOU as a person whenever possible, not simply one of a thousand stock names. YUE HAN Here is an example. A customer recently wanted to order a Chinese name seal as a gift for a friend. His name is John. John is a Bible name that is traditionally translated to "Yue Han" in Chinese. It did not sound the way John is pronounced in English, but it resembled the way it was when the Bible was first translated into Chinese. STRONG! We know it follows the same pattern in John's Japanese name translation, too. The character, "Yue", means promise and "Han" means writing. It is great on its own. However, we noticed that she mentioned that he is "very athletic" on the order form. We had a better, though much less common, translation in mind. Finally, we choose the character "Chiang" (Qiang in Pingyin) for John. "Chiang" means strong in Chinese. It not only sounded much more like John in English but also better represented his athleticism. Related: 1. Personal Chinese name seal 2. More round seal styles 3. Customized dragon seal 4. Be the first to know when new name seals are available! Chinese name translation : A case study of the name John 0102john   Questions or comments: info@goodcharacters.com Phone: 1-559-292-5289. Toll-free: 1-888-678-NAME (6263) All images copyright (c) by respective designers and photographers. Copyright (c) 2004 Good Characters. All rights reserved.