Translating Song: Lyrics and Texts (Translation Practices - download pdf or read online

By Peter Low

This attractive step by step consultant prescribes potent techniques and strategies for translating quite a lot of songs and different vocal song, from classical to modern. targeting top perform and with quite a few language examples, the booklet centres on 4 key themes:





  • translating songs for quite a number recipients and inside various contexts (skopos theory)



  • translating songs for analyzing on paper or on monitors (surtitles and subtitles)



  • "singable translations" and the Pentathlon Approach



  • translating expressive texts.



With a considerable creation, six insightful chapters, additional examining and a thesaurus of key words (also on hand at https://www.routledge.com/9781138641792 and at the Routledge Translation reports Portal), this energetic and transparent student-friendly consultant is vital for college students, researchers and practitioners enthusiastic about or learning the perform of translating song. this can even be an engaging learn for musicians and all these attracted to the learn of song.

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