Since I often perform bilingual songs, such as "Those Were the Days" with a verse of the original Russian lyrics, and sometimes do my own English translations of music from abroad, I just have to share this YouTuber's channel. It highlights the pitfalls of machine translation--and is just plain hilarious. This very talented singer, Malinda Kathleen Reese, runs English songs through translation software, apparently around a chain of languages and back into English. She puts the results to music, often parodying the original video. Her production standards are also very high. Here's her take on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."
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Musical & Literary Wanderings of a Galloping GypsyMark Eliot Nuckols is a travel writer from Silver Beach Virginia who is also a musician and teacher. Categories
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