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This is not a translation, or the homophonic fear

December 7, 2010 by Erica Mena

Remember, this is not a translation. So reads the ‘disclaimer’ on a number of phonetically translated music videos, part of a meme explained pretty well here at KnowYourMeme.com. These videos, which subtitle a non-English music video with English lyrics based on the sounds of the words, engage in the experimental literary practice homophonic translation, which translates a text based on sound relationships rather than meaning relationships, mapping a text by sound into a new language. Zukofsky’s Catullus is the oft-cited […]

Categories: Translation • Tags: exchanges, experimental translation, homophonic translation, meme, new media, phonetic translation, Silliman, translation, Zukofsky

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