Quote Originally Posted by CoffeeCup View Post
Taking into account all similar threads here the answer is that people like to make a tattoo in a language nobody around can understand. If the people around were able to see and read the tattoo they would do it automatically and would not pay a lot of attention to it. But if the tattoo were in an unknown language they would stumble upon it and ask the question "What does it mean?" If it were a real Russian saying the direct translation to English would be clumsy and fail the purpose to amuse the person seeing the tattoo. But if the tattoo were in clumsy Russian it translation would turn into highly poetical English saying and makes the WOW factor for the person seeing the tattoo.
That's a good point, one I've thought about a lot and been told about quite a few times. Though I've been finding it hard to research my ideas and get direct Russian results rather than trying to force the translation of my English words into Russian words.
Regardless, I'll still keep trying to find something I can work with.