Cool Obama poster spotted in Chinatown, San Francisco... can anyone translate?

[ReverendDeuce]

You can see where I took the pic here: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13060079

Here's the photo itself:

[graywarrior]

1. Bruce Lee?

[hvn_nbr_2]

34. That's what I thought too!

Must be because the second character looks kind of like "LEE".

[graywarrior]

35. Keep it simple, that's my motto.

Or make shit up, that's my other motto.

[Richardo]

2. "OK, we are two-times able with this black man to lead us!"

I'm pretty sure.

[Bucky]

3. The first character translates as "Exotic"

And the second one means "as Hawaii". I just don't understand what the poster is trying to say.

[Richardo]

4. Cokie Roberts has influence in Chinatown.

:scared:

[blondeatlast]

5. Disagree, the first character is "foreign," silly. nt

[Bucky]

9. You're right. Sorry about that. I also mistranslated the second character too.

It means "Panama"

[blondeatlast]

27. At first I saw it as Hawai'i too; those little slanty things are buggers, ya know?

Read 'em the wrong way and you're embroiled in an international incident that makes a choke on a pretzel look dignified!

[eshfemme]

29. Uh... you're joking right? Those are just so completely wrong so I'm hoping you're joking. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

6. It reads...... Obama will win! McCain is sooo yesterday!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Number 44 with White House.

;)

[Ian David]

8. Whatever it says, you're supposed to add "in bed" at the end. n/t

[Bucky]

10. Shit, why didn't we nominate Paris Hilton then?

[Lena inRI]

11. With the sun behind him. . .

. . .

O B A M A
R I S I N G

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[theoldman]

12. My Chinese wife says it means progress or go further.

[Barack_America]

20. Thanks.

That's what I figured.

Weird responses on this thread though.

[Number23]

36. ...

Weird responses on this thread though.

:rofl:

[Clark2008]

30. So basically, it means: GOBAMA.

Right?

[namahage]

13. It means to advance

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?wdrst=1&popup=1&wdqchid=%E5%89%8D%E9%80%B2

[pnorman]

21. I read Japanese, and that is "usually" helpful here.

I got "ZENSHIN", which not only works out to the same meaning, but has a similar pronunciation. (The "ON" of a Japanese character, is based on the historical Chinese sound).

But thanks for directing me (and all others here) to a very useful internet resource!

pnorman

PS: This is a SAVER!
I'll print it out directly!

[BlooInBloo]

14. "I can kick Chuck Norris' ass."

[goodgd_yall]

15. It's a very attractive poster. n/t

[theoldman]

16. Too bad that Obama did not appear at the Olympic ceremony.

He would have received a standing ovation.

[pnorman]

37. What a thought! He'd have ELECTRIFIED the entire audience!

And it probably would have have rippled down through the entire city and beyond.

It would also have generated a premonitory shudder down the spines of the commissars of the Peoples Republic of Walmart. Next year this time, they'll be having to deal with a MENSCH, rather than a PUNK!

pnorman

[quantass]

17. Change?!?

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. It kinda reminds me of those old Chairman Mao posters

[Sidney J Mussburger]

32. You mean like this one

[ecstatic]

19. Black Hope

Well just taking cues from the color scheme. Lol

[flamingdem]

22. Wow, what a cool poster, I want one! n/t

[npincus]

24. me too!

[npincus]

26. I found the poster download- see post #25

[flamingdem]

28. Thanks for that, it looks great! nt

[npincus]

31. Sure, and yes it does! I already ordered a t-shirt w/it on it!

www.zazzle.com - I found it on the Google. Just upload the image and you can size it on the T. I scaled it up in PhotoShop to see how degraded the image becomes when enlarged... it still looked great! FYI: needs to be on a white background (white t-shirt)-- at least I think it works best.

If you order on Zazzle, don't forget to Google "zazzle coupon codes"- I also got free shipping w/an online coupon I found. :)

[pnorman]

33. THANKS!

I had just printed out the original poster, but was a bit put off by the minor imperfections. But this one will be a GREAT improvement!

Here it is again!:
pnorman

[FredScuttle]

23. "Madrassa Muslim"

or maybe "To Make Benefit Glorious Socialist State"

[npincus]

25. ORIGINAL Poster Download HERE:

http://www.asianamericansforobama.com/home/2008/07/cool-new-chines.html



Artists James and Loretta with 5733 have designed a cool poster in traditional Chinese that roughly translates as "Forward." You can download it from our Supporter Toolkit page or by clicking here. Here are some examples of the poster up in Chinatown:

[ronnykmarshall]

38. No MSG with Me?