Can Anyone Translate This?

[ArmorOfGod]

http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-FLAG-Japanese-Script-Martial-Arts-Patch-Karate-New_W0QQitemZ140022878991QQihZ004QQcategoryZ73990Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Can anyone translate that patch?

AoG

[MJS]

Sorry, can't help you. There are a few members that understand the language though, Don Roley being one.

[JBrainard]

http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-FLAG-Japanese-Script-Martial-Arts-Patch-Karate-New_W0QQitemZ140022878991QQihZ004QQcategoryZ73990Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Can anyone translate that patch?

AoG

I'll have my Japanese friend take a look at it.

[Carol]

It's not Japanese, like the seller says. It's Chinese.

[ArmorOfGod]

Thanks! Any help will be appreciated.

AoG

[ArmorOfGod]

It's not Japanese, like the seller says. It's Chinese.

??
The title says it is in Japanese.
Still, I read Japanese as well as I do Chinese.
;-)

AoG

[Kizaru]

http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-FLAG-Japanese-Script-Martial-Arts-Patch-Karate-New_W0QQitemZ140022878991QQihZ004QQcategoryZ73990Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Can anyone translate that patch?

Sure, if it were in Japanese, it would read...

？華助戦
? China Combat Rescue (Unable to read first character)

洋人（美國）
Westerner (Beautiful Country)

軍民一體
Citizen Soldier One Body

教護
Juvenile Reform

航空委員曹
Aviation Committee Member Sergeant

字第
Character Section

I believe this is written in Chinese (Taiwanese) because 美國　would be read as “bikoku”, (Beautiful Country) in Japanese, but read as “Meiguo”, (America) in Chinese. We can tell it’s probably Taiwanese because the old character for country, 國 is and the old character for “body” 體 is used in favor of the simplified 国 and 体 used by Mainland China and modern Japan. It also doesn't look like an official government issued patch; it looks like something handmade...

Yes, my kung fu is better than Don Roley’s, but my Japanese is much better than my Mandarin.

[Carol]

Sure, if it were in Japanese, it would read...

？華助戦
? China Combat Rescue (Unable to read first character)

洋人（美國）
Westerner (Beautiful Country)

軍民一體
Citizen Soldier One Body

教護
Juvenile Reform

航空委員曹
Aviation Committee Member Sergeant

字第
Character Section

I believe this is written in Chinese (Taiwanese) because 美國　would be read as “bikoku”, (Beautiful Country) in Japanese, but read as “Meiguo”, (America) in Chinese. We can tell it’s probably Taiwanese because the old character for country, 國 is and the old character for “body” 體 is used in favor of the simplified 国 and 体 used by Mainland China and modern Japan. It also doesn't look like an official government issued patch; it looks like something handmade...

Yes, my kung fu is better than Don Roley’s, but my Japanese is much better than my Mandarin.

Nice work, Ninja-san :asian:

[IWishToLearn]

Well, I'm impressed.

[Kizaru]

Nice work, Ninja-san :asian:

Ninja don't exist!

Poof, I Varnish!:p

[JBrainard]

Sure, if it were in Japanese, it would read...


It is, in fact, Chinese.

This is the best I could come up with:

Came to China to assist fighting
Western person/people (beautiful country)
Uniting army and nation
Rescue
Aviation committee
?? Number

[MSUTKD]

It is a "blood chit" from World War II. The Flying Tigers put them on their jackets.

ron

[RBaddorf]

From the little Chinese I remember from my class, "beautiful people" is how the Chinese write "American" and "beautiful country" is "America".