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[bedlamsbard]

For some reason, I am suddenly fascinated by listening to Disney songs in Hebrew (thank you, YouTube). I think it's the combination of the familiar and the unfamiliar. (I don't think anyone is surprised to learn this, but I don't speak Hebrew.)

The Lion King 2 sounds really good in Hebrew, BTW, especially Not One of Us. Mulan -- okay. Hercules, not as much to my ears. Aladdin, surprisingly good.

...okay, I think I'm done now. For the moment.

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[darklyndsea]

I love listening to Disney songs in other languages, especially the ones with translations back to English at the bottom. Some of the lyrics change interestingly (and some of them I have to wonder what people think when they watch them in translation only, because the phrasing and video doesn't quite match up right). I would pay actual money for a collection of all the disney songs in all the languages they're in.

[bedlamsbard]

I know! It's so cool. (Well, I haven't seen the lyrics thing yet, but you know what I mean.)

Hercules, though, should just not be listened to in Hebrew. For some reason that one doesn't translate well, not sure why.

[darklyndsea]

I think I noticed the lyrics thing the most in "Be Prepared" from the Lion King (iirc German was particularly odd).

Translating Disney movies (and other dubbed movies with singing) has got to be so hard. You have to get the general meaning of the song, to a given tune, and so that the lyrics make sense with the visuals- some of which go along with phrases that would be hard or impossible to fit in with the music, if they aren't idiomatic. Honestly, I'm shocked that the vast majority of them are so good.

[guardian_of_hope]

I think I've been reading your brain. They were laughing at me at work tonight because I kept randomly singing songs from Lady and the Tramp. (In English.)

[bedlamsbard]

Heh! Oh, man, I haven't seen the Lady and the Tramp in so long, at least fifteen years. (Which means...probably not since it came out.) If I've seen it at all, which I'm actually not positive on!

[guardian_of_hope]

I was not only singing, but I illustrated (very badly) two of them. You should take the time to watch it. I haven't seen it in years, but Lady and the Tramp is one of my favorite movies.