# Japanese/Chinese (?) translation help requested

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-chinese-translation-help-requested/799051 "2017-10-16T13:56:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-chinese-translation-help-requested/799051/1 "2017-10-16T13:56:28Z")

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Can someone please translate this for me?

[https://www.atlasquest.com/images/gallery/14/27/142792lg.jpg](https://www.atlasquest.com/images/gallery/14/27/142792lg.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Trafalgar\_Laura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trafalgar_laura/32/2907_2.png) [@Trafalgar\_Laura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trafalgar_Laura)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-chinese-translation-help-requested/799051/2 "2017-10-16T14:19:49Z")

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Someone fluent will be in to help shortly, I’m sure, but in the meantime:

Something like “Soft rubber eraser, publication type”. The “publication” is the part I’m not sure about.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-chinese-translation-help-requested/799051/3 "2017-10-16T14:25:34Z")

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It says “eraser stamp, soft type.”

An [“eraser stamp”](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E6%B6%88%E3%81%97%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A0%E3%81%AF%E3%82%93%E3%81%93&source=lnms&tbm=isch) is a rubber stamp made by carving a pattern on an eraser. Normally you use standard erasers, but this appears to be an eraser specifically marketed for that purpose.

p.s. It’s Japanese.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-chinese-translation-help-requested/799051/4 "2017-10-16T14:31:09Z")

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It’s a stamp you can make from an eraser.

On the left it says “Eraser stamp” on the right, “Soft type.”

eta: Ninja’ed

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-chinese-translation-help-requested/799051/5 "2017-10-16T16:52:55Z")

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Thank you all.