New article on our website about the importance of internal rhyme.

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🎶✨ For Raúl Galoppe, song translation is all about emotion and singability, but also about the effect it creates in the target language.

💬 What do you think: can a song be translated without losing its soul?

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Myrra Malmberg is a Swedish performer and dubbing actress, known for lending her voice to Meg in Disney’s Hercules.

In the latest edition of Lyrics & Crafts, she shared her thoughts on song adaptation and how she believes this particular branch of translation should be approached.

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❓ Why should translators learn to adapt songs?

Because it sharpens creative skills, deepens cultural understanding, and teaches you how to balance form and meaning.

It’s one of the best ways to train your ear, not just for language, but for nuance, tone, and culture.

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🎶 For Sandra Brizuela, song translation is really about transcreation. As she explains, it’s not only about translating phrases, but about recreating the lyrics and conveying the message in a special pattern while keeping rhyme and rhythm in mind.

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Gino Emnes is an acclaimed musical theatre performer, known for roles such as Aaron Burr in the German production of Hamilton, among many others.

In the latest edition of Lyrics & Crafts, he shared some insights on the importance of translated lyrics, so that they sound as natural as possible.

Introducing Raúl Galoppe! 🎉

Raúl is a professor, writer and translator with a special passion for song translation. He’s also an active collaborator here at Escuela de Traducción Audiovisual.

We’re thrilled to have him on our teaching team! 🙌

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🎵 What is song translation?
Raúl Galoppe shares his perspective on this fascinating topic.

💬 What do YOU think? Drop your thoughts in the comments! 👇

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What a great start! 🎶 We’ve wrapped up the first two amazing sessions of our International Course on Singable Translation for Musicals, led by Johan Franzon, one of the world’s leading academics in this field.

A huge thanks to all the participants who are making this first edition possible!
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Have you always wanted to learn how to translate songs into English?

Now you can with Johan Franzon, Sandra Brizuela, Raúl Galoppe and Nicholas Saunders in this practical online course.

Check out all the info here:👇
www.escueladedoblajedecanciones.com/en/singable-...

📩Contact: doblaje@saunders.es

Next Monday, May 19 at 19:00 CET, as part of our Lyrics & Crafts conference, we’ll be discussing the current state of audiovisual and editorial translation alongside representatives from @atrae.bsky.social, @avue.bsky.social, @synchronverband.bsky.social, BDÜ, AETI and GALA.

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It was awesome to have Myrra Malmberg and Gino Emnes talk about song translation from their perspective as performers. Thank you both for joining us for the final session of our Lyrics & Crafts congress! It was a grand finale!

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Sandra Brizuela, traductora audiovisual y adaptadora musical de Argentina, nos explicará este sábado en Lyrics & Crafts cómo fue el proceso de adaptar al inglés las canciones de María Elena Walsh para el canal Petits Habitants.

Info: bit.ly/40TBhlr

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🎤✨We’re thrilled to announce Johan Franzon as a keynote speaker at Lyrics & Crafts: II International Congress on Song Dubbing & Translation for Musical Theatre!

🌍One of the world’s leading experts in song translation, Johan’s contributions will be invaluable to all attendees.

Info: bit.ly/40TBhlr

🎶 María Ovelar & Albert Mas-Griera call adapting The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Spanish & Catalan) a defining moment in their careers.

On May 10, they’ll share how they did it at Lyrics & Crafts.

📍Details: bit.ly/40TBhlr

📩 doblaje@saunders.es

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to adapt Broadway musicals into German?
Kevin Schroeder, one of Germany’s leading musical adaptors, has written the German lyrics for Hamilton (praised by The New York Times!), Frozen, Chicago...
If you’d like to learn from him, check out the link:
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🎶 What is a singable translation?

A singable translation adapts the lyrics of a musical into another language so they can be sung naturally to the original music. (+)