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Help wanted translating poster - Japanese or Chinese?

10-01-2017 01:25AM

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zapata

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Can anyone identify the language and translate this for me.
Much appreciated and thanks in advance.

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#2 12-01-2017 08:20PM

Konata

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It's Chinese so I can't translate unfortunately. If no one picks up here, I'd suggest posting on Reddit which has much higher traffic and likelihood of getting it translated.

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#3 13-01-2017 12:07AM

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Definitely Chinese!
I can't translate it though, sorry!

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#4 14-03-2017 11:10AM

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This is a very famous poetry in China originally written by a Chinese poets named Li Shen in Tan dynasty over a thousand years ago, the rough translation (with simplified Chinese):
悯农 Sympathy for the peasants (Name)
锄禾日当午,Hoeing millet in mid-day heat,
汗滴禾下土.Sweat dripping to the earth beneath:
谁知盘中餐,Do you know the food on your plate,
粒粒皆辛苦.Each grain was hard-earned.

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#5 14-03-2017 06:42PM

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Thanks ten million. Good stuff.

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