Adriana Maciel

Silencio → traducción al Inglés

2 traducciones
Inglés #1, #2

Letra original

Silencio

Que pena ser alguém

que não quer mais

que não enxerga

um palmo a frente do nariz

cantar prá quem não ouve nada,

dançar prá quem não quer ver nada

minhas mãos atadas,

minha boca só,

meus pés agarrados,

na garganta um nó,

cantar prá quem não ouve nada,

dançar prá quem não quer ver nada

O silêncio pousa na janela

vem tomar café

na espera agente olha a tela

em branco

Traducción

Silence

Too bad to be someone

who does not want anything more

who does not see

a foot ahead of the nose

singing for who hears nothing,

dancing for who does not want to see anything

My hands are tied,

my mouth is lonely,

my feet stuck,

in the throat a knot, (a knot in the throat)

singing for who hears nothing,

dancing for who does not want to see anything

Silence sits in the window

Come to drink a coffee

While waiting, we look at the blank screen

¡Gracias! ❤

Publicada por

alexandresousamachado el 2012-06-01

Agregada en respuesta a un pedido hecho por

electrosys

Comentarios del autor:

electrosys: you made the most of this translate. It's very good!
I don't know this music, but let's make some comments:

"ser alguém que não quer mais"
it's not clear who is the subject. It could be:
"too bad that I'm someone who doesn't want..."
or "too bad that you're someone who doesn't want..."

"minha boca só"
"só" could mean "only", "alone", "lonely"
in this context, it seems to be "alone" or "lonely" (I don't know what is the best)

"na espera agente olha a tela"
There's a mistake in this sentence: it's not "agente", but "a gente"
"agente" = agent
"a gente" = we
so, "a gente olha a tela" = "we look at the screen"
it seems to be a metaphor: when we look at the "blank screen", it could means that we have nothing to see, nothing to think or live... only a big silence.

I hope I could have helped you! ;)

Adriana Maciel: 3 más populares

1.	Silencio
2.	Mora Na Filosofia
3.	Nem Eu

Comentarios

electrosys

Me gusta

Vie, 01/06/2012 - 22:45

Yes - very helpful - I think we are beginning to get close to a good translation.

I have found this exercise very valuable in that I have developed a much higher regard for professional translators and the difficulties they must regularly experience in arriving at a close approximation to the original - but in another language - especially where metaphors may have been used and other forms of ambiguity.
I can see that translation is not simply swapping one set of words for another !

Many thanks.

alexandresousamachado

Me gusta

Sáb, 02/06/2012 - 06:09

Thanks too! For this change of experiences. :)