Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30021602-20161031232415/@comment-30021602-20161103122653

Also, in general where does vocaloidlyrics stand on literal translations versus "poetic" translations (provided the underlying meaning is retained, of course)? 杯の業 is more a poem set to music than a song, and it feels like a translation should reflect and try to preserve that. Do people ever provide both a literal translation and an adapted translation to try to bridge this divide? As Damesukekun said "A beautiful translation is not faithful and a faithful translation is not beautiful."