[KAITO] Singing Songs (DainagonAzuP) [Vocaloid][English Sub] うたうたい

[@hokorichan]

You're right to correct me tho, my title is inaccurate, I just chose to lie to make it fit the context, it is, as damesukekun quotes, a case of「翻訳者はウソをつく」 Re: that line, it's a play on word, you probably know the 1st いつかくる「かもしれない」is it *might or might not* come, but いつかくるか「は」しれない puts an emphasis on いつかくる, i.e. "WHEN will it come? we don't know", as in, they think it'll come, it's just a matter of time.

[@hokorichan]

ps. "Singer" would work perfectly for 黒うさP's 'coz while the subject for that song isn't a human (it wasn't even spelled out for that, he can just be immortal), he's certainly physical pretty human-ey. As for the subject in this song, if it weren't for the last line (I wish I could match the sentence structure to the other line), it wouldn't even be clear if the subject is self-aware/sentient. (sorry for block of text, this song make me extra frustrated about language differences)

[@hokorichan]

It's hard to explain, just watch out that whenever there's a "は" it's usually a stressed emphasis on something and treat it accordingly. For more applied example, do a google search on "かはしれない"/"かは知れない" and you'll see it's used when something is already decided, but to what extend/at which date/by whom/etc isn't certain yet. it's sorta like "saying, we know *A*, but in regards to *something about A*, THAT, we don't know" in English.

[@hokorichan]

Yeah, tell me about it. for each and every grammar rule in English, there seems to be about twice as many exceptions = =;

[@SariaSchala]

This song is sad...

[@skyrius5568]

English can't be nearly as vague as Japanese. HECK, half the time Japanese can't even be as vague as Japanese. Really, that language is split into multiple pieces, I swear. >_> It either makes perfect sense, or you can interpret it 5 different ways.

[@hokorichan]

Problem is "Singer" sounds like a person, and it's important to me that it doesn't imply that. I'm not even comfortable with "mechanism" since it usually refers to *physical* structure. But at least I can comfort myself with the fact that the word CAN process/method) And I'm pretty sure "Singing Mechanism" sounds awful for a song title. Plus the lyrics plays on "uta wo utau utautai" I figured the more sing/song I can squeeze in the better XD English, be more VAGUE please?

[@cqallenwalker]

Maybe not vague, but english is MUCH harder to learn then japanese.