[SunshineSlayer]

Translating from Japanese is exceedingly difficult I think - especially when it comes to lyrics. Often you will get translators that translate the lines literally, which can often make them sound awkward in English or you get translators that interpret the song - thats why translating is also known as interpreting - that way the feeling of the lines are kept in tact, but they flow better in English(or whatever language you are translating into). I tend to gravitate towards the later and not the former.

And then also of course you will get some translators that are just starting out and really don't have enough command of one or even both of the languages to make their translations any good.

Also, strange as it may seem, professional translators generally recommend that you don't translate from your native language into your second language. Typically translations turn out better if you translate your second language into your native one. After all, your native language is the one that you are going to have the better command of. For example, I know that if I tried to translate an english song into Japanese that it would come out sounding much more rubbish than if I were to do one from Japanese to English. That's why I often find translations by native Japanese speakers to English, to often be not as good.(and the same goes vice versa.) Often those translations come out too literal and awkward sounding.