Is this correct?

[Nattybumppo]

Originally Posted by DAMB

Thanks for the info.
And these are "perfect" translations?
(The first translation I got for... actrice, or dancer... I don't remember, was actually another word for geisha. That's why I'm asking.)

There's no such thing as "perfect" translations. But they are good ones.

[DAMB]

Thanks MMM, I'm pretty sure I'm going to find everything I need on those sites!!
Now I just have to decide which tattoo artist I am going to trust to do an amazing job...

[DAMB]

Originally Posted by Nattybumppo

There's no such thing as "perfect" translations. But they are good ones.

Hence the " ".

[MMM]

Originally Posted by DAMB

Thanks MMM, I'm pretty sure I'm going to find everything I need on those sites!!
Now I just have to decide which tattoo artist I am going to trust to do an amazing job...

Just like English, kanji has "fonts", so make sure you have someone that can match that "font".

[DAMB]

I was actually going to ask him (or her) to change the original font a little, and I've found another font for the rest. But now I'm reading about how crucial the correct stroke order is... even in a tattoo? Can you see the stroke order in a tattoo?
In that case, I know a tattoo artist who has spent a lot of time in Japan, and he might know how to do it, but he isn't the best tattoo artist out here...
I wanna do it right, though.

[Retrogamer77]

Actually, the Kanji IS a word by itself...in Chinese.

But yea, it still means victory and when combined with other characters, alters the meaning slightly. Either way, the guy was telling the truth when he said it was chinese. The Japanese borrow and modify Chinese characters to fit their language better. That's why I love them!!! So I'm learning both and I found out the hard way the vast difference in the meanings of some of the characters between Chinese and Japanese.

[DAMB]

At the time, he told me/it stated it meant "to win" in Japanese. I already knew a little bit about the languages' history (the other character I have means exactly the same thing in Chinese and Japanese).

[MMM]

Maybe it seems obvious, but I would never get a foreign language tattoo from someone who doesn't speak the language.

Find an artist who can read Japanese (or Chinese, depending on how what direction you want to go.)

[DAMB]

That might be a bit too much to ask for (over here).

[DAMB]

Ok... so, there is a translation for actress: 女優.
Good to know.