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an explanation as to why your favorite Japanese songs English lyrics sound bizarre

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  • Yanderemenhera
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    you might have noticed Japanese songs sound like poetry, or more abstract than our language, it's not because the translaters are messing up, the reason is the difference between English and Japanese. if you could understand every word in Japanese you would know that there language is different than ours, and frequently when someone does an English cover to a Japanese song the lyrics are changed drastically to make more sense and to ryme to English speakers.
    the jubi phonic cover of mind brand for example sounds catchy and nice to us English speakers but the songs lyrics are hardly the same as that of the derect English translation.

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      you might have noticed Japanese songs sound like poetry, or more abstract than our language, it's not because the translaters are messing up, the reason is the difference between English and Japanese. if you could understand every word in Japanese you would know that there language is different than ours, and frequently when someone does an English cover to a Japanese song the lyrics are changed drastically to make more sense and to ryme to English speakers.
      the jubi phonic cover of mind brand for example sounds catchy and nice to us English speakers but the songs lyrics are hardly the same as that of the derect English translation.

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      @Yanderemenhera Yup, This Is True!

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      • Yanderemenhera
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        auntie menhera's neices, nephews and niblings Chud before-update supporter He ate them #fuckmybakalife Eric Cartman canida 🥀 😭🙏 wilford bremly fangurl cult Swagg_c3rt1fi3d<3 Belt to ass Тотя well, fuc- pale as F∪CK short person chronically online former staff But 20$ is 20$ high af Chaotic Asexuals The Lords of Pillows Mr. Duran's class | W1ckedSticky is #3 necroposters of bns rip wall Wants to be pet Cluckers | WeedAreTheWorld is #1
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        example, わたしのにじゅろのち: derectly translates to "my rainbow blood" but that doesn't make much sense does it? a translater might feel like changing it to "my blood is gay" for us English speakers

        wilford bremly, sep, 27th 1934 to Aug, 1st, 2020
        hit me up on discord, my username is wilfordbremly and I will talk to you 'bout daibetus
        my new grounds account is called phroggered
        look at dat to see ''exclusive'' content or whatever.

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        • Yanderemenhera
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          auntie menhera's neices, nephews and niblings Chud before-update supporter He ate them #fuckmybakalife Eric Cartman canida 🥀 😭🙏 wilford bremly fangurl cult Swagg_c3rt1fi3d<3 Belt to ass Тотя well, fuc- pale as F∪CK short person chronically online former staff But 20$ is 20$ high af Chaotic Asexuals The Lords of Pillows Mr. Duran's class | W1ckedSticky is #3 necroposters of bns rip wall Wants to be pet Cluckers | WeedAreTheWorld is #1
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          in a song i like very much ごめねごめね (i'm sorry, i'm sorry) おにちゃん (onichan) is translated as big bro, おにちゃん means sibling, it doesn't have a particular gender tied to it despite having ちゃん in it and ちゃん (chan) being feminine btw, instead of onichan or sibling its changed to big bro for us westerners

          wilford bremly, sep, 27th 1934 to Aug, 1st, 2020
          hit me up on discord, my username is wilfordbremly and I will talk to you 'bout daibetus
          my new grounds account is called phroggered
          look at dat to see ''exclusive'' content or whatever.

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          • Yanderemenhera
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            auntie menhera's neices, nephews and niblings Chud before-update supporter He ate them #fuckmybakalife Eric Cartman canida 🥀 😭🙏 wilford bremly fangurl cult Swagg_c3rt1fi3d<3 Belt to ass Тотя well, fuc- pale as F∪CK short person chronically online former staff But 20$ is 20$ high af Chaotic Asexuals The Lords of Pillows Mr. Duran's class | W1ckedSticky is #3 necroposters of bns rip wall Wants to be pet Cluckers | WeedAreTheWorld is #1
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            i'm going off of the subs in the official mv for ごめね、ごめね btw

            wilford bremly, sep, 27th 1934 to Aug, 1st, 2020
            hit me up on discord, my username is wilfordbremly and I will talk to you 'bout daibetus
            my new grounds account is called phroggered
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