Haar Internationale
Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:39
The Internationale is a left-wing anthem with quite a few translations, at least 120 or so. Doing my part, here's a Mando'a translation.
The original version (in French) had six verses, but many of the other translations only use three, and that's what I went with. I based this off a combination of the literal translation of the original on Wikipedia, the American English version, and the British English version. That said, it's still far from a literal translation. I intentionally gave it an archaic, formal feel (no dropped cuyi, infinitive after ke, a few archaic words) because that's a common aspect of Internationale translations for some reason.
I used only the original resources, the original word list and grammar guide, without using any later materials or creating any words (except Internationale itself, which is almost always left untranslated).
I'm sure I got something wrong, please tell me if I did.
The original version (in French) had six verses, but many of the other translations only use three, and that's what I went with. I based this off a combination of the literal translation of the original on Wikipedia, the American English version, and the British English version. That said, it's still far from a literal translation. I intentionally gave it an archaic, formal feel (no dropped cuyi, infinitive after ke, a few archaic words) because that's a common aspect of Internationale translations for some reason.
I used only the original resources, the original word list and grammar guide, without using any later materials or creating any words (except Internationale itself, which is almost always left untranslated).
I'm sure I got something wrong, please tell me if I did.
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