<p>The text that you’ve copied off the metal is「信義」, which means <em>(good) faith</em>, as in the phrase <em>acting in good faith</em>. Translating the characters individually, it is「信」<em>(belief)</em> and「義」<em>(morality, principles)</em>.</p>

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2018-12-21T17:21:04.637Z
2018-12-21T17:21:04.637Z
dROOOze
<p>Can someone please translate this for me? I’ve had a piece of metal with this written on it for years but have no idea what it says!
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2018-12-21T17:15:31.730Z
I assume that you have no background in Chinese? Even so, your writing is extremely legible, and a handwriting recognition app (e.g. Google Translate’s handwriting pad) will be more than enough to get the right characters.
dROOOze
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2018-12-21T17:31:54.037Z
I tried using that and it translated it to “Lutheran” which I didn’t think was right because my family has no Lutheran background
M.White
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2018-12-21T22:35:42.117Z
simplified characters: 信义
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Can someone please translate this for me? I’ve had a piece of metal with this written on it for years but have no idea what it says!
# Can someone please translate this for me? I’ve had a piece of metal with this written on it for years but have no idea what it says!

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-21)

Can someone please translate this for me? I’ve had a piece of metal with this written on it for years but have no idea what it says!
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/jlM8q.jpg)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I assume that you have no background in Chinese? Even so, your writing is extremely legible, and a handwriting recognition app (e.g. Google Translate’s handwriting pad) will be more than enough to get the right characters.  
> **username_0**: I tried using that and it translated it to “Lutheran” which I didn’t think was right because my family has no Lutheran background  
> **username_2**: simplified characters: 信义  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-21. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The text that you’ve copied off the metal is「信義」, which means *(good) faith*, as in the phrase *acting in good faith*. Translating the characters individually, it is「信」*(belief)* and「義」*(morality, principles)*.


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