2014-03-01 11:10 GMT+01:00 Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren <reosare...@gmail.com>:

>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:03 PM, symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How are you going to connect & separate between translations & different
>> lyrics without a specific relationship?
>> ex. Melody X with lyrics A in language B / Melody X with lyrics A
>> translated to language C / Melody X with lyrics D in language B / Melody X
>> with lyrics E in language F / Melody Y (same title as Melody X) with lyrics
>> A in language B / Melody Y with lyrics A translated to language C
>>
>
> I think part of the problem here is that "translation" is currently used
> pretty much as "some lyrics in a different language" whether it's a
> translation or not (which IMO is a mistake) rendering it meaningless. If we
> did indicate actual translations with this attribute, and unrelated lyrics
> were just "version" or "based on" or whatever, I'd certainly be quite
> happier myself. Chris says we wouldn't always be able to tell - well "if in
> doubt, don't claim it's a translation" sounds reasonable and workable to
> me, dunno about others.
>

+1

/symphonick
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