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Thread #41674   Message #2803681
Posted By: Genie
05-Jan-10 - 01:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A La Nanita - verses in Spanish
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A La Nanita - verses in Spanish
When I said "Lots of times literal translations from one language to another miss the concept or sentiment that the text was conveying," perhaps I should have said that often a literal, word-for-word translation sounds awkward in the language it's translated to.