captainleads a écrit :

When lyrics are put to music (if you can call it that, in some cases) they can be difficult enough to comprehend in their native language. It's a tricky process to transliterate intent and feelings unless the translator is very familiar with the artist. Good songs like poetry are written in compact language. For example, "Aufstand im Schlaraffenland" when translated more literally as it is above can be linguistically "flat." For those who use linear logic translation programs "Schlaraffenland" might come back as untranslatable or as "Sudetenland." These get tossed. A more intense version might be, "Rebellion in paradise."

On the other hand the songwriter may not have the imagination or grasp of his/her native language to pull off lyrics consistent with this example. To us, then it becomes a challenge to anticipate what any individual artist means (or hopes to indicate) with the words. Then there's the instrumental that is supposed to support or show (as in taking great pride in presenting) the lead (or solo) singer.

OK, I tend to over-complicate things. Mea culpa.. But all these factors go into how I feel the finished product. As a result my rating is often lower than others'. Hopefully, this makes sense. Good luck!

p.s. "der Brathahn fliegt in´ Mund hinein" = "The broiler flys into my mouth."
You've got to be kidding, yes? No. Even if it's technically correct to call a "roasted hen/chicken" a broiler, something is lost when using a synonym. This messes up the term, fliegt, That's what most birds do. It has been a long time since I saw an oven fly, which is the first thing some people think when they hear "broiler." But more women than men will get that one right. If the target audience is tweens or rockers you may be out of luck. Just sayin'.
Oh, BTW "flys" is spelled "flies" unless the oven has wings!
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pp.s. "sie schmeißen all die Leckereien" = "The do not want to consume any longer".
Oh really? Try again

With regards.
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