I can now speak along to it, I feel like I will make some mistakes in the beginning, but I can get used to it.

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the whole concept of Yingelishi is insane. listening to the opening lines and reading their translations blew my mind and then i had to keep track of two completely different stories happening at once. don't get me started on the instruments #hwa4 #yingelishiparty

Ok the dangerous to go alone section is messing with my brain because these are the most clearly spoken english sentences thusfar but they conflict very much with the musical choices and the pitches of the music as well. It's just jumbling my brain #hwa4 #yingelishiparty

#hwa4 #lostandremade Rituals and rules must exist where people except uncertainty in their communications. While in our reality we base aspects of our lives like contracts, textbooks, and the legal structure on exact definitions, in a world where languages are so varied that couldn't be the same

In my imaginary world, people celebrate a holiday called Wrong Words Day, where everyone purposely mistranslates things to create new traditions. Because saying goodbye means you'll see someone again, breaking that promise is a big deal. #hwa4 #lostandremade

I really like how the performer is singing each and every words instead of just saying it. I feel that helps them understand the word and if they don't understand the meaning of the word then they can remember how they learned it and make fewer mistakes in the future.

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The I don't feel well section is crazy as listening to the song as well as matching both texts makes me realize that this is probably the best blend I've found so far. The english I don't feel well resonates with the contradicting language like outside lover #hwa4 #yingelishiparty

#hwa4 #translationasviolence One way translation was violent was how settlers would translate and reflect the customs and codes of indigenous people. By belittling them, and translating them in a demeaning way emphasizes around being "primitive," it lead to their traditions being erased.

I'm just entraced by the flight 667 section because of the switch to mandarin when singing. The sections before have been relying on the english but for this the eloquent singing matches the incredibly deep translation #hwa4 #yingelishiparty

#hwa4 #whatlisteningmakes it introduced the idea of using Urdu (my mother tongue) into my SME, because it's not about everyone UNDERSTANDING it, well, they will once I add all of the pieces together, but in the way that evokes emotions rather than something logical to regurgitate

#hwa4 #translationactions Goffman argues that we are always performing and choosing how to present ourselves. This coincides with how we talked about translation can be used as a powerful tool by those in power to control narratives. For example, how the Church controlled translations of religion

#hwa4 #whatlisteningmakes it distrupted the way i think of media in the sense that nothing actually LOGICALLY has to make sense. it gave me the feelings that left me satistfied, and what more can you really want from any piece of media? i was entertained, i learned things, it was nice overall

For whatever reason the please forgive me section is striking me in a weird spot where I find it weirdly close to home #hwa4 #yingelishiparty

#hwa4 #whatlisteningmakes it made sense that he wasn't necessarily trying to make sense either, he was just writing whatever he could come up with with whatever he had.

In the explanation part a Chinese violin is being played which makes me feel familiar, makes me feel like I know something about the poem but in reality I have no idea what is going to happen next.

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#hwa4 #whatlisteningmakes i kind of stopped reading some of the Chinese translations because they were hard to catch up with so quickly/some of them felt nonsensical and were hard to make sense of but overall i really enjoyed the experience of listening to his work

The opening with how are you and good evening I feel is describing the surface of what others see Chinese as through the very accentuated musical choices that would make people associate it with Chinese #hwa4 #yingelishiparty

#hwa4 This recap of Yingelishi is extremely helpful for me. I think I was definitely falling into the category of very confused after I read the intro. This makes much more sense!

Translation has challenged power, for example, the Catholic Church kept control of religious information by fighting against English translations of the Bible. The Church's authority was kept safe, but access and freedom were taken away. #hwa4 #translationasviolence

The outside the dark room part is really making me turn my brain into non-sense mode. The massive jumps in pitches just really messes with me and makes me realize that a relative pitch flow also helps me see the flowing together of languages #hwa4 #yingelishiparty