The dog is buried here

Aug 11, 2008 10:26


Sometimes I like to translate songs in my head. Not a proper translation work, but like I’m sitting with someone who doesn’t speak the language, trying to explain the lyrics, the allegories, and jokes and expressions. I remember Lior Ashkenazi doing it to his German visitor in Walk on Water, breaking down Sivan Shavit’s “Kiss me” into English.

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themoniker August 11 2008, 11:55:11 UTC
I sometimes entertain myself by translating the Fall's "British People in Hot Weather" to Hebrew.
Well, actually, I don't really get much further than the first line, but it's enough to make me smile.
Dan Kanner presenting britpop oldies from the eighties and nineties. I'd pay for that.

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