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What does this translate to?
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 10:13 pm
by Solex68
What does this translate to?
It is on the bottom pages of the 311 parts book. I feel like I should know
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Datsun-Elephant.jpg
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:39 am
by Nissanman
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:02 am
by mraitch
Ikea store in Japanese
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:02 am
by Egz
I pointed my phone at it, and it had a conniption. Through all the gibberish it kept putting out, the only thing that might have made sense was the bottom word could be motor oil.
Continuing that thought, I found this link:
http://datsun1200.com/modules/mediawiki ... e=Elephant
Second edit:
It does translate to Elephant Motor Oil. When translating Elephant, you normally get 象, but on the logo, エレファント is the Katakanization of the word (the process of writing a non-Japanese word with a Japanese alphabet).
(all things I learned today)
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:41 am
by Solex68
Egz wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:02 am
I pointed my phone at it, and it had a conniption. Through all the gibberish it kept putting out, the only thing that might have made sense was the bottom word could be motor oil.
Continuing that thought, I found this link:
http://datsun1200.com/modules/mediawiki ... e=Elephant
Second edit:
It does translate to Elephant Motor Oil. When translating Elephant, you normally get 象, but on the logo, エレファント is the Katakanization of the word (the process of writing a non-Japanese word with a Japanese alphabet).
(all things I learned today)
I tried using my phone this morning and Google Goggles didn't have any clues.
I thought the elephant was an oil company logo but I wasn't sure. Thanks for confirming. I know the elephant logo is on some
gas oil caps too. Not sure if that was from the factory on the early year cars or other Nissans like the Patrol.
I think I'll put it on a T-shirt whenever I make some more for myself or maybe that tattoo (just kidding).
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:53 am
by jrusso07
Interesting, I found this link which shows a pic that has the same "wording" on the oil fill cap
https://dailydatsun.wordpress.com/tag/elephant-oil/
From the link:
These caps weren’t used on the US models, but on the Japanese / Aussie models.
– So supposedly it text translates something to the tune of: “
Please pour Elephant Oilâ€
– Elephant branded oil and lubricants from Nissan pre-dates the 240z.
– The elephant was used as a symbol to commemorate successes in the East African Safari Rally.
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:33 pm
by todd lorber
I think it means "Repubrican".
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:48 pm
by Solex68
jrusso07 wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:53 am
Interesting, I found this link which shows a pic that has the same "wording" on the oil fill cap
https://dailydatsun.wordpress.com/tag/elephant-oil/
From the link:
These caps weren’t used on the US models, but on the Japanese / Aussie models.
– So supposedly it text translates something to the tune of: “
Please pour Elephant Oilâ€
– Elephant branded oil and lubricants from Nissan pre-dates the 240z.
– The elephant was used as a symbol to commemorate successes in the East African Safari Rally.
Maybe they helped fund or publish the service manuals.
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:47 pm
by devo
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:36 pm
by Solex68
Yeah I have a couple of those elephant stickers. Just didn't know the history or why it was in the 311 parts manual.
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:48 pm
by krispoulin
I'm rusty, but top line is "elephant" (as we seemed to have figured out), but the characters sound more like "elephanto".
The second line is more clear: "motor oil".
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:50 pm
by Solex68
Thanks everyone.
Re: What does this translate to?
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:12 pm
by DAC21
Solex68 wrote: Sun Nov 29, 2020 10:13 pm
What does this translate to?
It is on the bottom pages of the 311 parts book. I feel like I should know
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Datsun-Elephant.jpg
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