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Old 30th July 2009, 05:32 AM
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Translations are always difficult to do - especially in a language as complicated as Japanese, where the choice of word helps to convey the feeling or the level at which you're being spoken to.

I think that literal translations are best and like masa's work. I can always go through the original Japanese with my dictionary some time and get the best translation for me, but I think masa's are the best at creating plain English lyrics (great for those of us who aren't fluent in the language!).
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