Tunes From Across the Pond

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[mapsontheweb]

Most successful music artist from each European country.

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[anydreamtonight]

When you think you speak a language properly and go to that Country. This so accurate it hurts (apply to slang and weird accents too)

[nyappytotoro-deactivated2022052]

Guy: Hello, how are you? [Eminem rapping crazily fast]

[tunesfromacrossthepond]

what studying languages is like

latin: words like 'yes' and 'no' aren't important. memorize these 3000 different ways to talk about killing people though because you will use them

greek: hello naughty students it's participle time

egyptian: ancient pictionary

french: pronouncing every letter is for chumps

german: let's combine every other word together to create the U L T I M A T E F R A N K E N W O R D

mandarin: lol whats a verb tense

spanish: LOL WHAT ISN'T A VERB TENSE

[meumie]

Hey everyone! Please help support my friend’s youtube channel, he works very hard on this series and it’s very good!!!

pro tip dont learn a language if you do not come from the languages bearers. i.e dont learn french if youre not french, dont learn chinese if youre not chinese, dont learn icelandic if youre not icelandic. it just appropriates culture more.

[pavelow]

Okay sounds good, I’ll go tell all of Francophone Africa that they have to start talking in clicks again

[teaboot]

*picks up the phone* Hey dad? Remember how you were adopted? Yeah we can’t talk to grandma anymore it’s damaging our country

[justhannibalinthekitchen]

what the fuck was the op on

[tunesfromacrossthepond]

*listening to non-English music*

Friend: Can you even tell what they're saying?

Me: No, but it sounds pretty.

Friend: What's the point of listening to something you can't understand?

Me: ...it sounds pretty.

[kieletlanguage]

When you are not sure if what you said is correct but then a native speaker approves it

[dj-bayeux-tapestry]

the thing you need to realize about localization is that japanese and english are such vastly different languages that a straight translation is always going to be worse than the original script. nuance is going to be lost and, if you give a shit about your job, you should fill the gaps left with equivalent nuance in english. take ff6, my personal favorite localization of all time: in the original japanese cefca was memorable primarily for his manic, childish speaking style - but since english speaking styles arent nearly as expressive, woolsey adapted that by making the localized english kefka much more prone to making outright jokes. cefca/kefka is beloved in both regions as a result - hell, hes even more popular here

[marchionessofmustache]

yes this

a literal translation is an inaccurate translation.

localization’s job is to create a meaningful experience for a different audience which has a different language and different culture. they translate ideas and concepts, not words and sentences. often this means choosing new ideas that will be more meaningful and contribute to the experience more for a different audience.

[rui-cifer]

There was an example during late Tokugawa period in Japan where the translator translated, "Я люблю Вас” (I love you), to “I could die for you,” while translating  Ася, ( Asya) a novel by Ivan Turgenev. This was because a woman saying, “I love you,” to a man was considered a very hard thing to do in Japanese society.

In a more well-known example,  Natsume Soseki, a great writer who wrote, I am a Cat, had his students translate “I love you,” to “the moon is beautiful [because of] having you beside tonight,” because Japanese men would not say such strong emotions right away. He said that it would be weird and Japanese men would have more elegance.

Both of these are great examples of localization that wasn’t a straight up translation and both of these are valid. I feel like a lot of people forget the nuances in language and culture and how damn hard a translator’s job is and how knowledgeable the person has to be about both cultures. [x]

[fromtokyotokyoto]

Important stuff about translation!

Note that you can apply this to your own translations even if they aren’t big pieces of literature or something. Don’t feel bad about not translating word for word. An everyday sentence may sound odd translated literally - it’s okay to edit a little bit so it feels right!

[mapsontheweb]

Languages and dialects of Italy.

[purpletangyvaginas]

Parveen Sadiq being interviewed by Assed Baig for Channel 4 News regarding Prime Minister David Cameron’s English language policy. The screenshots are by Buzzfeed.

Buzzfeed article – Channel 4 News YouTube video

[buzzfeed]

[tunesfromacrossthepond]

What people think it means when we say "Language is evolving": This pejorative term isn't bad anymore because it's funny to me and I say so.

What it actually means when we say "Language is evolving": English has developed a specific verb for tricking people into listening to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"

[sleepbby]

non-native english speakers are so intelligent and beautiful pass it on

[lovelylovelyartist]

Seriously. English is considered to be one of the hardest languages to learn. People that can learn English and also speak their native language are awesome forces of nature and deserve all the recognition in the world for being awesome and intelligent.

[othergeneration]

[portraitsofboston]

“I have an open personality. My playlist includes music from Istanbul, American music, African, Japanese, Korean, and traditional Celtic music. It doesn’t matter if I understand the lyrics as long I feel the beat and can jam to it.”

[versacebitch-deactivated2013081]

the worst thing about speaking two languages is trying to use an expression from one language that fits perfectly into your conversation but the other person won’t get it

[thegirlinthecatpyjamas]

i dont speak two languages but i speak fandom so i sort of get this

[versacebitch-deactivated2013081]

[gelsadrah-deactivated20170821]

reading a foreign language: yeah writing in a foreign language: ok listening to a foreign language: wait speaking in a foreign language: fuck

[raisedtokeepquiet]