Original text - Engels - Agnes Obel / Riverside

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Category Song - Liefde / Vriendskap

Title	Agnes Obel / Riverside
Text to be translated Submitted by RedShadow	Source language: Engels Down by the river by the boats Where everybody goes to be alone Where you wonâ€™t see any rising sun Down to the river we will run When by the water we drink to the dregs Look at the stones on the riverbed I can tell from your eyes You've never been by the Riverside Down by the water the riverbed Somebody calls you somebody says swim with the current and float away Down by the river everyday Oh my God I see how everything is torn in the river deep And I don't know why I go the way Down by the Riverside When that old river runs past your eyes To wash off the dirt on the Riverside Go to the water so very near The river will be your eyes and ears I walk to the borders on my own To fall in the water just like a stone Chilled to the marrow in them bones Why do I go here all alone Down by the Riverside
Remarks about the translation	You can listen to the song over there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-wAkXh_GY But... the translations have to: 1) Convey the same emotions as the original 2) Rhyme as much as possible 3) Have the same amount of syllable as possible In other words, the text's integrity is not paramount here; it's more about writing something that could be sing over the real song without sounding weird. xD

Laaste geredigeer deur lilian canale

- 23 December 2011 10:17

Last messages

	Author	Message
		21 December 2011 18:07
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Hi Redshadow, I suggest a "high quality" request if you really want this text to be translated using rhyme, metric, etc.
		22 December 2011 21:09
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Chilled to the marrow in them bones CC: lilian canale
		22 December 2011 23:45
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Yeah, I know it looks weird, but all the versions of the lyrics show 'them'. Perhaps Laura could help or explain... CC: kafetzou
		22 December 2011 23:49
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	"them bones" is slang for "those bones of mine". There's a famous song that goes, "Dem bones dem bones gonna walk around" etc. However, I think there is another section with errors, which I've bolded below: "Oh my God I see how everything is torn in the river deep And I don't know why I go the way Down by the Riverside When that old river runs pass your eyes
		22 December 2011 23:59
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Actually, I listened to the song, and I really don't hear "boats" at all, but all of the sources seem to agree on this, and on the rest of it, except that "pass" should be "past", as I thought. She is not a native speaker of English (she's Danish), so maybe that's why.
		23 December 2011 10:18
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Thank you, Laura. I've edited "pass ---> past"
		23 December 2011 12:09
	RedShadow Number of messages: 143	Hello, Yes I thought that "them bones" was like an idiom of some kind. Like some kinda Texan speaking weird american english . I was wondering if it were some slang too. And yes now that you mention it, pass->past is way better. Thank you all. @lilian canale How do I request a "high quality" translation? Is there a button somewhere that I'm not aware of ?
		23 December 2011 14:27
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Click on the Spanish flag of the "requested translations" at the top of this page, then on "Edit" and at the bottom of the page you'll see a box "High quality required". Check the box and send.
		23 December 2011 14:48
	RedShadow Number of messages: 143	Hey lilian canale, I must be blind or something. I click on the spanish flag, that takes me to the "English-Spanish - Agnes Obel / Riverside" page. However there is not any "Edit" stuff at the bottom. (I even searched the page source code, and there is nothing) Edit: okay I found someting "Request a new target language" then I check "High quality required" and select "All the languages of your last submitted translation", and finally click the bottom arrow. But nothing seems to happen. Someting is written on top of the new page that says: "New language - Agnes Obel / Riverside Problem - Target language" Well, ....
		23 December 2011 14:53
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Yeah, it's probably because this "high quality" option is only available when submitting the request for the first time, and not from the "Request another target language from this text". I'll try another way : I'll remove the request into Spanish then submit it myself. Let's see...
		23 December 2011 14:56
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	It works! maybe didn't you see the box that was to be checked, it was just under the text (bottom left)
		23 December 2011 15:38
	RedShadow Number of messages: 143	Well thank you then. To be honest, it's not a very, you know, "user friendly" interface
		24 December 2011 00:03
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	It has its charms! And you still can find friendly users here! Well, if I'm not connected tomorrow eve ning nothing abnormal, I wish you a Merry Xmas!