The Name Alf in Japanese/Chinese on a Custom-Made Wall Scroll.

阿爾夫 is the name Alf in Chinese (Mandarin).

アルフ is the name Alf in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

阿爾菲 is the name Alfi in Chinese (Mandarin).

アルフィ is the name Alfi in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

阿爾菲 is a common way to transliterate the name Alfie into Mandarin Chinese.

アルフィ is the name Alfie in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

阿方索 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Alfonso.

アルフォンソ is the name Alfonso in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

阿方索 is the name Alfonzo in Chinese (Mandarin).

アルフォンゾ is the name Alfonzo in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

奧爾福德 is the name Alford in Chinese (Mandarin).

アルフォード is the name Alford in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

阿爾弗雷德 is the name Alfred in Chinese (Mandarin).

アレフレツド is the name Alfred in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

阿爾弗雷多 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Alfredo.

アルフレード is the name Alfredo in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

阿飛 is the name Alfy in Chinese (Mandarin).

神愛世人甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們 is the first half of John 3:16 in Chinese.

It reads roughly, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.”

This came directly from the Chinese Union Bible first printed in 1919.

梅特卡夫 is the name Metcalf in Chinese (Mandarin).

メトカーフ is the name Metcalf in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

行百里者半九十 is an old Chinese proverb that speaks to the act of giving up. This phrase suggests that no matter how close you are to finishing your task or journey, giving up just before you finish is just as bad as giving up halfway.

50% finished or 90% finished, the result is the same: “You are not finished.”

You can take what you want from this proverb, but I think it suggests that you should finish what you start, and especially finish that last 10% of your journey or project so that you can honestly say “it's finished.”

Some notes: The character, 里, that I am translating as “mile” is an ancient “Chinese mile” which is actually about half a kilometer - it just doesn't sound right to say “When walking 100 half-kilometers...”