<p>The text in the picture read from right to left (Chinese format), my answer below read from left to right in the English format</p>
<p>江邨烟云 - River village mist and cloud</p>
<p><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%8A%E5%AF%85" rel="nofollow noreferrer">戊寅</a> - The year (most likely 1938 or 1998)</p>
<p>秋 - Autumn</p>
<p>紹荋 - /Shào ér/ (name of the artist on the seal)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.zdic.net/hant/%E8%8D%8B" rel="nofollow noreferrer">荋</a> - grassy (also a grass plant's name)</em></p>
<p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>
<p>dROOOze wrote: <em>紹英 rather than 紹荋</em></p>
<p>英 looks like this <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6jM8i.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6jM8i.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>荋 looks like this <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kBD54.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kBD54.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Seems like dROOOze is right and 英 is a much more common name (for male or female)</p>
<p>The author's name is 紹英 - /Shào yīng/</p>

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2021-01-29T09:27:53.803Z
紹英 rather than 紹荋
dROOOze
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2021-01-29T09:44:02.807Z
That is really helpful, Thankyou very much its really appreciated.
Mark Colledge
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Tang Ho
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lw0o6.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lw0o6.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/I9w5v.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/I9w5v.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a>Ive had this painting/print for years, i inherited it from my Uncle.
Ive always wanted to know what the red seal means and the translation of the text.</p>
<p>I would love to find out more about the artist</p>

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Can anyone help translate this signature / red seal
# Can anyone help translate this signature / red seal

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-29)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/lw0o6.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/lw0o6.jpg)[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/I9w5v.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/I9w5v.jpg)Ive had this painting/print for years, i inherited it from my Uncle.
Ive always wanted to know what the red seal means and the translation of the text.

I would love to find out more about the artist

**Tags:** translation, seal


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-01-29. Score: 3

The text in the picture read from right to left (Chinese format), my answer below read from left to right in the English format

江邨烟云 - River village mist and cloud

[戊寅](https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%8A%E5%AF%85) - The year (most likely 1938 or 1998)

秋 - Autumn

紹荋 - /Shào ér/ (name of the artist on the seal)

*[荋](https://www.zdic.net/hant/%E8%8D%8B) - grassy (also a grass plant's name)*

**Edit:**

username_2 wrote: *紹英 rather than 紹荋*

英 looks like this [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/6jM8i.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/6jM8i.png)

荋 looks like this [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/kBD54.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/kBD54.png)

Seems like username_2 is right and 英 is a much more common name (for male or female)

The author's name is 紹英 - /Shào yīng/

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: 紹英 rather than 紹荋  
> **username_0**: That is really helpful, Thankyou very much its really appreciated.  

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