Sunday, October 25, 2009

There's a she wolf in your closet

My sister recently made me a CD with the Spanish version of "She Wolf" by Shakira, and for some reason, it's waaaay better than the English one. Why? I think that writing or creating something in your native language is always easier than doing so in a foreign one, but I guess that the song just goes to show how much can be lost in translation. When you think about it, the amount of feelings conveyed that have been lost or changed simply by reading a translation of a book or watching a movie with subtitles is immense, and the work viewed or studied takes on a whole new meaning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQxbPRDEg5I