Hello, my name is Alex, I'm from Bulgaria and I study Chinese. As you'll find out, I'm far from fluent in Chinese.
I want to have a tatoo in Chinese, but I want to be sure that the translation is perfect gramatically.
The sentence is:

'Life is a travel,
but how many roads must a man walk down
before he can call himself a man.

A version of the sentence :

生活是旅行，在他可以称自己一个人之前，但是多少条路必须人步行下来.

I would be delighted if you help me with your versions and discussions.

Best regards, Alex.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/2009 12:28PM by Kumalisa.

A better version ?

生活是旅行， 但是 多少旅行一个人必须条路, 在他可以称自己一个人之前。

人生就是旅行,但是一个人在能够称自己为人之前,要走过多少条路呢

人生恰如旅程，在他可以称自己为人之前，要走过多少路呢？