Translation in Forming Musical Discourse: A Case Study of English-Language Song Lyrics in Russia

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Research in Language Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI:10.18778/1731-7533.18.4.03

Evgeniya V. Aleshniskaya

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Abstract

The paper considers translation as an intermediate stage in the creation of English-language song lyrics by native Russian speakers. Russian songwriters quite often rely on their native language and translate their thoughts from Russian into English. This leads to the use of a “russified” variety of English, which performs poetic and pragmatic functions and serves as a medium harmonizing content, sound, and music. Drawing evidence from 214 songs in various musical genres, as well as 10 ethnographic interviews with Russian songwriters, it examines the specific features of the Russian variety of English used in song lyrics, and discusses the main views on the authenticity of translation in song lyrics depending on the musical genre.

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音乐话语形成中的翻译——以俄罗斯英语歌曲歌词为例

本文认为翻译是俄语母语人士创作英语歌词的中间阶段。俄罗斯词曲作者经常依靠他们的母语，将他们的想法从俄语翻译成英语。这导致了“俄罗斯化”英语的使用，这些英语具有诗歌和语用的功能，并作为协调内容、声音和音乐的媒介。从214首不同音乐流派的歌曲中提取证据，以及对俄罗斯词曲作者的10次民族志采访，研究了俄语歌词中使用的各种英语的具体特征，并讨论了根据音乐流派翻译歌词真实性的主要观点。

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Research in Language Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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