00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862117382 Buklod 20240219152639.0 g||| | || || ta 180412s2017 enkg rb |||1 u|eng d 9781138641792 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00027163919 BC-69125 Fastbooks Educational Supply, Inc. Php3,373.00 DLLA Faculty DLC BAG rda eng P 311 L69 2017 Low, Peter Alan author. Translating song lyrics and texts Peter Low. Abingdon, Oxon, [England] Routledge 2017. 132 pages music 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Translation practices explained Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : 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. Language and languages Rhythm. Translating and interpreting. Songs Texts Translating. Music and language. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN P 311 L69 2017 Book