Livestrong

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:: As my Chinese level and my relationship with the bike shops continue
:: to improve I periodically get asked to do translation work.
::
:: Tonight, at dinner, I got asked exactly what does "livestrong" mean.
:: They know all about the cancer foundation and Lance and this that and
:: the other but what does the word "livestrong" mean. Is it a word
:: like "mavic" or "bontrager" that doesn't really have a meaning or
:: what?
::
:: I gave them my best guess and was subsequently asked if I could write
:: that up in Chinese and give it to the bike shop manager for the next
:: time someone asks them "what does livestrong mean?" but before I do
:: that I want to run my interpretation by a bunch of other English
:: speaking bike people.
::
:: So, here goes...
::
:: The word "livestrong" is a play on words. It can be seperated into
:: two words "live" and "strong." Strong means strong. Life is the
:: opposite of death. Armstrong didn't die from cancer, so he lives
:: strong. He has a strong life. At the same time, since Lance's
:: family name is Armstrong, it refers to his family name.

I may be wrong....but I think I read somewhere that Armstrong is not Lance's
original name. I admit that I thought that strange, since his mom uses that
name too, AFAIK.

Nonetheless, I think you may be right about the meaning. For me, LIVESTRONG
= live strong, as in live life to its fullest, for it is precious.

::
:: Unlike Chinese names, most personal names in English have no literal
:: meaning. However, many family names do have a literal meaning.
:: Armstrong literally means someone with a strong arm. He's really
:: someone with strong legs rather than strong arms but we don't think
:: all the Chinese people surnamed [censored] are kings either.
::
:: Yellow jerseys are for winners, yellow bracelets are for people who
:: are inspired by the concept of winning, and winning over a disease
:: (living strong) means more than just winning a race.

I wore the yellow bracelet as a reminder to live strong and not let personal
or preceived limitations hold me back from living with abundance. I'm not
sure if that exactly equates to winning, however.

::
:: ...
::
:: Would you people say this is more or less accurate??

Yes.

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more or less accurate??
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It's quite good. I would add that Livestrong" can be read as a command,
meaning to live a strong life. It would be similar to the Kaiser Foundation
slogan, "Thrive," or the Boy Scouts, "Be Prepared," or the US Army's "Be all
you can be."

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As my Chinese level and my relationship with the bike shops continue to
improve I periodically get asked to do translation work.

Tonight, at dinner, I got asked exactly what does "livestrong" mean.
They know all about the cancer foundation and Lance and this that and
the other but what does the word "livestrong" mean. Is it a word like
"mavic" or "bontrager" that doesn't really have a meaning or what?

...

I'd say it is more of a marketing construction than anything literal.

Roger Zoul said:

I wore the yellow bracelet as a reminder to live strong and not let personal
or preceived limitations hold me back from living with abundance.

Funny, I'm wearing a spare toe strap around my wrist for almost the
same reason.

Well, that, and when I need to unlock my bike, I use the old toe strap
to keep my lock from bouncing around too much.

-Luigi

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Would you people say this is more or less accurate??

I think you've provided a very good explanation.

RFM

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Armstrong literally means someone with a strong arm. He's really
someone with strong legs rather than strong arms

Around our house, he's usually called Lance Lungstrong, because although I'm
sure he's got strong legs, it's really his lungs that are notable. It's also
a wordplay on the "Livestrong" thing.

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Sounds like you got it. Live Strong, and be a winner.

Chris "stillwearing his band" Z.

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Would you people say this is more or less accurate??

Well done, wode pengyou!

Mark "sorry, don't know the Chinese word for grasshopper" Hickey
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Claire Petersky said:

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Quoted message said:

Armstrong literally means someone with a strong arm. He's really
someone with strong legs rather than strong arms

Around our house, he's usually called Lance Lungstrong, because although I'm
sure he's got strong legs, it's really his lungs that are notable. It's also
a wordplay on the "Livestrong" thing.

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

Lungs *and* heart. He has an unusually large heart, according to his doctor.

--
Michael

Roger Zoul said:

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Quoted message said:

:: Yellow jerseys are for winners, yellow bracelets are for people who
:: are inspired by the concept of winning, and winning over a disease
:: (living strong) means more than just winning a race.

I wore the yellow bracelet as a reminder to live strong and not let personal
or preceived limitations hold me back from living with abundance. I'm not
sure if that exactly equates to winning, however.

I wear the yellow bracelet because they gave it to everyone who
finished the Jianfengling Mountain climb.

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:: Would you people say this is more or less accurate??

Yes.

Though somewhat simplistic because I took what I had in Chinese and
retranslated it into English.

-M

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:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: [email hidden] wrote:
::
::::: Yellow jerseys are for winners, yellow bracelets are for people
::::: who are inspired by the concept of winning, and winning over a
::::: disease (living strong) means more than just winning a race.
:::
::: I wore the yellow bracelet as a reminder to live strong and not let
::: personal or preceived limitations hold me back from living with
::: abundance. I'm not sure if that exactly equates to winning,
::: however.
::
:: I wear the yellow bracelet because they gave it to everyone who
:: finished the Jianfengling Mountain climb.

'cause you all lived strong to complete!

::
::::: Would you people say this is more or less accurate??
:::
::: Yes.
::
:: Though somewhat simplistic because I took what I had in Chinese and
:: retranslated it into English.
::
:: -M

Roger Zoul said:

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:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: [email hidden] wrote:
::
::::: Yellow jerseys are for winners, yellow bracelets are for people
::::: who are inspired by the concept of winning, and winning over a
::::: disease (living strong) means more than just winning a race.
:::
::: I wore the yellow bracelet as a reminder to live strong and not let
::: personal or preceived limitations hold me back from living with
::: abundance. I'm not sure if that exactly equates to winning,
::: however.
::
:: I wear the yellow bracelet because they gave it to everyone who
:: finished the Jianfengling Mountain climb.

'cause you all lived strong to complete!

<g> Or legged strong, anyways. It was a [censored] of a mountain.

Actually I think it was cause they didn't have quite enough bracelets
to justify selling them in the store.

-M

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:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: [email hidden] wrote:
::::: Roger Zoul wrote:
:::::: [email hidden] wrote:
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:::::::: Yellow jerseys are for winners, yellow bracelets are for people
:::::::: who are inspired by the concept of winning, and winning over a
:::::::: disease (living strong) means more than just winning a race.
::::::
:::::: I wore the yellow bracelet as a reminder to live strong and not
:::::: let personal or preceived limitations hold me back from living
:::::: with abundance. I'm not sure if that exactly equates to winning,
:::::: however.
:::::
::::: I wear the yellow bracelet because they gave it to everyone who
::::: finished the Jianfengling Mountain climb.
:::
::: 'cause you all lived strong to complete!
::
:: <g> Or legged strong, anyways. It was a [censored] of a mountain.

Lived, legged, loved, lied...they're all good!

::
:: Actually I think it was cause they didn't have quite enough bracelets
:: to justify selling them in the store.

Well, to me, it seems like a good gift...I paid $10 for my first one off
eBay! {don't tell anyone}

Roger Zoul said:

:: Actually I think it was cause they didn't have quite enough bracelets
:: to justify selling them in the store.

Well, to me, it seems like a good gift...I paid $10 for my first one off
eBay! {don't tell anyone}

All told I paid about $30 for mine, but it came with two breakfasts,
two lunches, one dinner, miscellaneous snacks, four bottles of coke, a
lot of beer, an hour long massage, two bus trips, transportation of my
bike, locally grown sour plums, admission to Jianfengling Nature
Reserve, a night in a hotel room at a lakeside resort inside the park,
a morning hiking the approved path (meaning all the really cool trees
had signs with botanical information) through a mountain-top tropical
rain forest followed by two hours swimming in a mountain stream (with
waterfall)... so it was probably money well spent...

-M