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Ah. I understand now. Man, that's cool for a song to do that! Like you said, that's not really doable for spanish-english. There's words like "similar" which a

by jolmg 9y ago

Ah. I understand now. Man, that's cool for a song to do that! Like you said, that's not really doable for spanish-english. There's words like "similar" which are written and pronounced the same in both languages, but there's not enough to write sentences.

dwohnitmok 9y ago
How different languages interact is always cool :). FWIW it's not just songs; standard Mandarin is usually the prestige dialect/language so anything that's perceived as being more "prestige" than an everyday conversation (e.g. things that are meant to be formal or official or whatever) tends to become Mandarinized among the different dialects/languages. Cantonese is a special example because of Hong Kong's own interesting social environment. For most other dialects/languages in the PRC, speakers just switch directly to Mandarin where they might have used a "Mandarinized" part of the dialect/language. Hong Kong is one of the few places where Mandarin comprehension is still not near-universal and so instead of just having Mandarin pop songs, you end up with Mandarinized Cantonese pop songs.
peterburkimsher 9y ago
In case you're interested in songs, this is a popular worship song that switches between Chinese and Taiwanese/Hokkien in different verses: 在呼召我之處 The Place Of Calling (國語+台語) - 約書亞樂團 Joshuaband https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31q8w6JpndA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31q8w6JpndA On the topic of cultural crossover, I can also recommend inner Mongolian folk metal (traditional throat singing mixed with electric guitars is brilliant - 九大圣器 Nine Treasures, 杭盖乐队 Hanggai). For Taiwanese, check out 滅火器 Fire EX., 一步 One Step, 閃靈 ChthoniC).
80386 9y ago
There are some early Bible translators who took their source texts and translated them word-for-word into their target language, preserving even the word order of the source where it differed from the target.

by jolmg 9y ago

dwohnitmok 9y ago

How different languages interact is always cool :). FWIW it's not just songs; standard Mandarin is usually the prestige dialect/language so anything that's perceived as being more "prestige" than an everyday conversation (e.g. things that are meant to be formal or official or whatever) tends to become Mandarinized among the different dialects/languages. Cantonese is a special example because of Hong Kong's own interesting social environment. For most other dialects/languages in the PRC, speakers just switch directly to Mandarin where they might have used a "Mandarinized" part of the dialect/language. Hong Kong is one of the few places where Mandarin comprehension is still not near-universal and so instead of just having Mandarin pop songs, you end up with Mandarinized Cantonese pop songs.

peterburkimsher 9y ago

In case you're interested in songs, this is a popular worship song that switches between Chinese and Taiwanese/Hokkien in different verses: 在呼召我之處 The Place Of Calling (國語+台語) - 約書亞樂團 Joshuaband https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31q8w6JpndA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31q8w6JpndA On the topic of cultural crossover, I can also recommend inner Mongolian folk metal (traditional throat singing mixed with electric guitars is brilliant - 九大圣器 Nine Treasures, 杭盖乐队 Hanggai). For Taiwanese, check out 滅火器 Fire EX., 一步 One Step, 閃靈 ChthoniC).

80386 9y ago

There are some early Bible translators who took their source texts and translated them word-for-word into their target language, preserving even the word order of the source where it differed from the target.