Translating song : lyrics and texts
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Translating song : lyrics and texts
（Translation practices explained）
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Song in human culture : songs have words and sometimes the words really matter
- Looking closely at the source text : what features can make songs hard to translate?
- Translations to read: or to otherwise accompany the performance of songs in the SL : the need to convey the verbal dimension of songs performed in the source language
- "Downstream" difficulties : problems of devising the target text. What is lost in transit?
- Singable translations (A) -- like a pentathlon : the five main criteria for TTs to be sung to existing tunes
- Singable translations (B) -- rhythm and rhyme : two troublesome considerations
- The place of adaptations : the option of deviating from fidelity
