How to translate a song

Question

How do you translate a song so that it still makes sense and sounds good? Is it possible?

Answer 1

Translating songs is one of the most difficult things you can do. It's easy enough to get the meaning of the lyrics, but converting it so that it can be also be sung in English is another story. Essentially you need translation skills and song-writing abilities.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Sure its possible. There are tons of songs that are originally in one language and someone else does a "cover" in another language. I know I cannot do it as my Spanish is not nearly good enough. You need a huge vocabulary and a sense of how you can bend the grammar rules and still be understood.