| One of the quickest and most popular trends | | | | right way? Spend some time doing research and |
| brewing right now are word or literary tattoo | | | | choosing the words carefully. Also with the power |
| designs. Be it one word to a whole poem word | | | | of the Internet these days it is very easy to find |
| tattoos are hot. In order for people to yet again | | | | a native speaker of the language who will |
| differentiate themselves from others many | | | | translate the tattoo for you professionally. There |
| people are choosing to have the tattoo word | | | | are a ton of translation services on line and paying |
| written in a foreign language. For a long time Kanji | | | | an extra ten dollars for your tattoo design to |
| tattoo were very popular. To get a saying writing | | | | ensure it says exactly what you want will help |
| in Japanese Kanji was super cool. These trend is | | | | you to feel confident with your design. |
| kind of dying out these days and now people are | | | | Another thing that can be very helpful to the |
| getting designs in Italian, Sanskrit and even Arabic. | | | | translator and make the words and the final |
| One has to admit there is a certain beauty and | | | | tattoo design more accurate is to choose words |
| mystery in a foreign script. Just think of the | | | | that are common and not slang. For example if |
| moment when Frodo holds up the One Ring in the | | | | you wanted to get the word "pimp" tattooed |
| movie "The Lord Of The Rings" after the ring has | | | | across your chest in Kanji it would be very |
| been in the fire. Frodo holds up the ring and looks | | | | difficult for the translator to find Kanji that would |
| at the beautiful glowing elvish script inscribed into | | | | translate that word. There is no word for pimp in |
| the ring. One can not deny the mystery and | | | | the Japanese language and for sure in the older |
| beauty of the foreign elvish script. Thus is the | | | | script or writing of Kanji which is thousands of |
| same beauty and mystery that leads people to | | | | years old. So choose your words wisely and try |
| get word tattoos in a different language. | | | | to find words that are not slang or culturally |
| What To Watch Out For | | | | based words. Also don't be locked into exact |
| If you are thinking about getting a word tattoo | | | | translations. Often words don't translate straight |
| and especially if you are considering getting one in | | | | across from one language to the next. It takes |
| a foreign language you should proceed carefully. If | | | | some finesse and alter of the words to truly |
| you have done any searching on Kanji Tattoos on | | | | express the meaning of the saying in another |
| line you have probably come across sites where | | | | language. |
| people have posted pictures of their kanji tattoo | | | | Finding A Tattoo Artist |
| design and they are asking what it means. Often | | | | Last but not least you want to carefully find the |
| it does not mean anything like what they thought. | | | | tattoo artist. There are tons of tattoo artists out |
| The Kanji is sometimes backwards, or missing | | | | their and many of them are truly artists. Meaning |
| strokes in the best cases and in the worst it says | | | | they have special skills and talents and they are |
| something totally different then what the person | | | | not just machines that pump out tattoo designs. |
| thought. Don't fall into this trap and go around | | | | They have special and unique talents and skill sets |
| sporting a tattoo that says something that you | | | | and therefore it can be beneficial to seek out an |
| don't want it to. Just proceed with caution and | | | | artist that specializes in the language you want to |
| spend some time doing your research for the | | | | get the tattoo done in. For example if you get a |
| tattoo design carefully. Do not just trust that the | | | | kanji tattoo design done by a Japanese tattoo |
| tattoo artist tells you what it says. Remember | | | | artist you can be pretty sure the translation and |
| tattoo artists are also business people and they | | | | the artwork has been done correctly. As always |
| make money by doing tattoo designs. If you are | | | | you get what you pay for in life and going with |
| willing to pay they are willing to tattoo. It is not | | | | cheap is not the way to go with a tattoo that |
| their concern so much about what the script says. | | | | you will wear for the rest of your life. So if it |
| How To Do it Right | | | | costs a little more then pay and be satisfied with |
| So how do you do a foreign language tattoo the | | | | the tattoo you get! |