Comments on: Translation of L’effet Papillon by Bénabar

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:24:26 +0000

Thanks Hector – yes you are right – the original translation was incorrect!

By: Hector

Hector — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:15:20 +0000

Hi, congratulations, nice work. I like this song too.
I think this part of the translation is not accurate:
“Avec les baleines on fabrique du rouge à lèvres, des crèmes pour fille /We make up whales with lipstick and girly creams”
It should be instead something like: ” Is from the whales that we produce lipsticks and creams for girls” If I can make the idea clear. Anyway, take this with a grain of salt as neither English, nor French are my mother languages.
Kind Regards.

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