Josh

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Josh

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Mana 'I 'Anaini

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The source lyrics have been updated. Please review your translation

From Beyond The Grave

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I have the Latin as the following: Animata, umbra in caelestia (Animated, a shadow in the heavens) Anima animata (A soul animated) There's plenty of room for interpretation on the translation, i... more

E fano ai au [How far I'll go]

song

Thank you. I fixed it.

E fano ai au [How far I'll go]

song

In the last stanza you have forgotten to add a stress marker in the first line '' ’A nānā tō mata i ni‘a i te 'iriātai ''

Hala Ha Scrubs

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The source lyrics have been updated. Please review your translation.

What Sounds Does Your Language NOT Have?

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In Lithuania, the word "the" doesnt exist, or basically doesnt mean anything basically

What Sounds Does Your Language NOT Have?

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Yes... And then people who unfortunately lack a /h/ in their languages substitute the English/ h/ with /χ/ (I learned only several years ago that the English "h" is not, in fact, /χ/ we all love and k... more

What Sounds Does Your Language NOT Have?

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Oh, it's hard to say! I would say, my native language, Russian, has most of the non-marked phonemes, but there is an interesting thing that is missing for several Russian consonants: a palatalised pa... more

Uranus!

song

Hey, Josh! It looks like this song has never been performed in the movie or the musical. However, it being a parody, it's hard to identify who performs it. Would you mind it if I moved this elsewhere... more

Tonga

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[@fatix] Interesting! I didn't know about the old name of Kyoto being 'Sai-kyō'. It seems Japan got their own 'western capital'. In ancient China, Xi'an was called "Xijing" (西京, western capital) in so... more

Tonga

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[@SilentRebel83] Hmmm, what is the English term? I found some information in Chinese including this Wikipedia entry, but didn't find much info in English. It is a type of warship in Qing Dynasty. It w... more

Tonga

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wow josh.. you got me from an good angle here - for a second i didn't see it coming?? as the 'turkish language institution' says: 1// 'tonga' as a noun → deception, trickery, 'trap' official so... more

Tonga

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friend, nice info you gave here - about the 'to-kyo' example → you say 'eastern-capital'?? - but isn't there also 'kyo-to' (historical capital) as well → was known as 'Sai-kyō' - 'western-capital'?

Tonga

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Ahhh yes! I can't think of any country name for now, but it does remind me of some city/place names. For example, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk basically means South Sakhalin, as Yuzhno means South. Beijing mea... more

Tonga

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there is also another example about this geographical 'south' issue like 'yugo(slavia)' → means 'south(slavia)' (& 'sjeverno' → means 'north) maybe there are other hidden examples too, whereas we ne... more

Tonga

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That's really interesting! I remember the first time seeing the name "Rarotonga" at the airport in Fiji, I thought it was a city in Tonga. Turned out to be in Cook Islands, but now I see that it is in... more

Tonga

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Thank you for your beautiful poem and translation! I didn't know Tokelau means North and Tonga means South. As I looked up in the maps, I just found that Tokelau is indeed to the north of Tonga. How i... more

Natalia Arlovskaya

Natalia Arlovskaya

List of Video Game OSTs, Part 2

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https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ghost-yotei-ost-lyrics

'Ilo'anga

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Thank you so much for your translation, Josh! It is amazing that all the foreign words are localized in your Tongan translation, including people's names. Also, I didn't know about Kavei Koula before ... more

Ku Sai'ia Au Ha Pō 'Uha'ia

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The source lyrics have been updated. Please review your translation. Lyrics completed

What Sounds Does Your Language NOT Have?

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Many dialects of English do not have the voiceless velar fricative /x/ (the sound of the Spanish Jas in jamón or the German CHas in Buch).

Lanu Tahi Kalipiane

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Hauai'i Kula

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Ah, no wonder! I remember it's originally from South America. It's interesting to see how the species was spread across the world from its names in different languages!

Hauai'i Kula

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How interesting that Jacaranda is called Hauai'i Kula in Tongan! Is it believed to be associated with Hawaii by those who first named it?

6th Verse: 冬至快乐

song

Awww lovely to hear it! I really enjoyed your poems, and I’ve learned a lot of legends and myths from them as well. Looking forward to more of your work!

6th Verse: 冬至快乐

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Wow, Josh, thank you for the poem celebrating Chinese culture! I especially love the "Tangyuan or Jiaozi" part, as it brings together both Northern and Southern Chinese traditions!

Polynesian Artists

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I just realized that the link I sent was to a song page and not their artist page. Oops. Sorry about that, haha. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tutevera-tere-lyrics

Polynesian Artists

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Prince Tui Teka was Māori. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/prince-tui-teka-lyrics Tutevera & Tere are also Māori. I think they have ancestry from another Polynesian group as well, but I am not su... more

Tatau mo e Kakala

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Polynesian Artists

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Hey Josh, please add Olivia Foa'i, as she has Tokelauan and Tuvaluan ancestry: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/olivia-foai-lyrics (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Foa%27i) Thank you :)

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