On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Anne LaVin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Don't yet have the creator's name, only his Flickr > username, but I'm working on it. He doesn't seem to put his real name anywhere, but his online identity "阿布" can be read as "ā bù" using *pinyin*. His profile puts his location at Shenyang in Liaoning Province. > (The website involved is all in > Chinese, which I don't read, except rough guesses through my Japanese > dictionaries!) > I'd translate the paragraph before the diagrams as: "This is my entry to the April 2011 design challenge at the English origami forum - it won first place. It was right after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, so as a memorial, the theme of the challenge was 'Japan's Spring'. This work also represents my feelings; I wanted to bring across the hope of life, a sense of life sprouting from Mother Nature. This work was initially titled 'Spring of the Northern Country', but later I changed the name to 'The Hope of Spring'." I apologize in advance for any mistakes in translation that I may have committed inadvertently. I think the photo diagrams are self-evident enough, but if anyone wants the textual instructions to be translated as well, I'd be glad to try. Regards, Herng Yi
