Entrepreneur’s Blog Helps Others from Making Translation Mistakes

Britney Spears thought she was getting a kanji tattoo that meant “mysterious” but it ended up meaning “strange.”

McLean, VA (PRWEB) April 28, 2006 -- Meet J.T. Yaung, Founder of Yaung LLC, owners and operators of Building Characters.

Starting with an online store producing and selling customizable Chinese character shirts, he decided to create Defining Characters, a blog site dedicated to the proper translation of English words into Chinese characters. “I began this blog after getting numerous Chinese translation requests for numerous English words / phrases from my Building Characters store,” recounts this proud Asian-American.

“Plus, I feel a sense of social responsibility to help educate and spread awareness of the language and the writing. Ultimately, I’d like to try to help steer people away from the ‘exotic symbolism’ many folks view it as.”

About Yaung LLC
Yaung LLC ("au" pronounced similar to "au" in audio, taught, saunter, etc.), owns and operates Building Characters, an online specialty retail site focused on providing customized t-shirts featuring embroidered Chinese characters. Founded in 2004 as an independently owned and operated Asian-American small business, headquartered in McLean, VA (Washington DC metro area, USA), our team consists of Chinese consultants with a combined 125 years total experience, from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. For more information on Yaung LLC and Building Characters, visit us at www.buildingcharacters.com or www.definingcharacters.com

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