vintage and contemporary postcards and stamps from around the world


01 December 2024

lost in translation

 

I'm not really sure what kind of fruit this is (mango?), though I suspect the Chinese script in the corner gives a clue (if I could read Chinese)

 

This one from Belarus was also tricky.  Turns out it is a 'common raccoon dog' which is not at all a raccoon.  Or a dog.  It is a canid that is closely related to a fox. They are widespread in eastern Europe and Asia.


The Moravian Museum is easily translatable.  Okay, I had to google translate 'zemske' (regional)

and, this is obviously the Bavarian Forest, in full winter  splendour

 
some foreign languages for Sunday Stamps

7 comments:

Mail Adventures said...

I cannot read Chinese either, but the translator says the fruit is avocado.

I went for Russian today.

violet s said...

ah, I never thought of them. thanks.

Marina said...

I used google lens too to find the fruit, and then I noticed that Eve already did it 😆. The raccoon dog is really cute.

Lisa said...

I don't see smooth avocados very often, but now that I'm told those are avocados I remember they come that way! I thought some sort of pear, but then again, avocados are called alligator pears.
Mine: https://lisasgardenadventureinoregon.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-stamps-december-1-2024.html

violet s said...

my first thought was pears - I've never heard the term alligator pears. I'm learning so much from this stamp!

violet s said...

I've now googled 'google lens' to learn about that!

viridian said...

My contribution, also Russian:
https://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-stamps-other-languages.html