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公司章程
May 11, 2009 12:07
15 yrs ago
Chinese term

伍公时烟

Chinese to English Other Genealogy gravestone
伍公时烟之幕

Tomb of XXXX? Is this a name? Japanese? Something else? The gravestone said he was from Guangdong. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
5 伍时烟

Discussion

GeoGenesis May 11, 2009:
There is something called 「伍公之墓」and 「伍公墓表」on the web, you might like to search for it. I agree with Shirley that 「时烟」is his given name, if so, then you'll probably have to translate it phonetically in pinyin.
Shirley Lao May 11, 2009:
伍公时烟之墓 or 伍公时炯之墓 伍 may be the family name of this person while 时烟 or 时炯 may be his given name. 公 is a title addressed to a man in ancient China. 之墓 means "the tomb of". So the whole phrase means "the tomb of Mr. XXX".
Aaron Gilkison (X) (asker) May 11, 2009:
烟... 烟可能是炯... 墓碑上的字有点模糊了...
Aaron Gilkison (X) (asker) May 11, 2009:
That is the full sentence: 伍公时烟之墓
GeoGenesis May 11, 2009:
Can you give the full sentence?
Aaron Gilkison (X) (asker) May 11, 2009:
Thanks, Polly The gravestone says that the deceased came from Guangdong, Taishan, has his birth and death dates, and that sentence 伍公时烟之墓.
GeoGenesis May 11, 2009:
Can you give more details of the source sentence?
BTW, tomb should be written as 「墓」

Proposed translations

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伍时烟

逝者叫“伍时烟”。“公”是尊称，常加在姓的后面。


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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2009-05-13 07:13:22 GMT)
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建议用拼音，并对名字的每一部分进行标注。
伍公时烟——WU (first name) Gong (title) Shi-yan (last name)

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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2009-05-13 07:15:55 GMT)
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或者还可处理成： Mr. WU Shi-yan，供参考
Note from asker:
Thanks for the help, Mincho. Any idea how this might be transliterated in Romanized Taishan/Cantonese?
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