Rammstein doesn't translate their songs into english. They rewrite their songs in English. The english versions of their songs are NOT the same as the German versions. This translation is a correct literal and ideomatic translation. The Rammstein version is a rewritten song in English with a very different meaning. It is a beautifully written song but it loses a lot of the shades of meaning that the German version had.
Specifically the English version is just about God and angels, while the German version is more about conformity and what people give up to be part of a group.
@jeff_f_f WHile I partly agree with you that something is lost in translation, I don\'t think the translation to English is poorly done.\r\nBut there is something in German (their mothers tongue) that makes it sound more \'real\'. Great song!
@jeff_f_f WHile I partly agree with you that something is lost in translation, I don\'t think the translation to English is poorly done.\r\nBut there is something in German (their mothers tongue) that makes it sound more \'real\'. Great song!
Rammstein doesn't translate their songs into english. They rewrite their songs in English. The english versions of their songs are NOT the same as the German versions. This translation is a correct literal and ideomatic translation. The Rammstein version is a rewritten song in English with a very different meaning. It is a beautifully written song but it loses a lot of the shades of meaning that the German version had.
Specifically the English version is just about God and angels, while the German version is more about conformity and what people give up to be part of a group.
@jeff_f_f WHile I partly agree with you that something is lost in translation, I don\'t think the translation to English is poorly done.\r\nBut there is something in German (their mothers tongue) that makes it sound more \'real\'. Great song!
@jeff_f_f WHile I partly agree with you that something is lost in translation, I don\'t think the translation to English is poorly done.\r\nBut there is something in German (their mothers tongue) that makes it sound more \'real\'. Great song!