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Why is it hard to translate songs into another language?
Though I'm fluent in Japanese, I still have a hard time translating songs into English. Why is that? It should be easy for me to translate them by now, since I@m fluent at it. Please answer. Thank you for your time.
3 Answers
- 4 years agoFavorite Answer
It is because sometimes words in English cannot be fully translated into another language. So then, the translation would translate to a word that is similar to the English word.
- KennyBLv 74 years ago
Most songs rhyme. Words that rhyme in one language are not easy to find with a rhyme in another language.
- 4 years ago
It depends on the context of the words/phrases. For example I'm learning French, and I cannot say something like, "I'm going to Mary's house" I have to say, "Je vais la maison de Mary" Which translates to, "I am going to the house of Mary." Like I said, just depends on context and the way things are worded.
