Another Episode Of Crappy Machine Translations Of Popular Songs

Sometimes you really like a tune, but the song is in Spanish or French. What does your favorite song mean?

First, you get the song lyrics at LetsSingIt.com, where semi-literate fans submit dubious renderings of what they just heard on their Ipods. Then you pass the song through one of Google's translation tools, which can render some of the stuff OK, but can't deal with misspellings, or strange idioms, or nonsense lyrics, or colloquialisms or regional slang. The final product? Often amusing semi-rubbish!

I really like Nelly Furtado's "No Hay Igual" from her 2006 album "Loose." What a great dance tune! But is she the aggressor in this song, or the guy to whom she's singing? Can't tell. So, time for a rubbishy translation!:

I want you just
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
Your my incantas
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal

I want you just
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
Your my incantas
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal

There is the same (What Do We Do?)
There is the same (That hacemcos?)
No-No-No-No There equal

There is the same (What Do We Do?)
There is the same (What Do We Do?)
No-No-No-No There equal

(What is it?)
Come and miralo!
Come and ends with my pain
Crazy for you please, and you know your smell

(What is it?)
Much like Mr.
When I am with you I feel so hot
I get crazy with your love
And I understand your value
(What is it?)

I want you just
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
Your my incantas
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal

I want you just
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
Your my incantas
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal

There is the same (What Do We Do?)
There is the same (What Do We Do?)
No-No-No-No There equal

There is the same (What Do We Do?)
There is the same (What Do We Do?)
No-No-No-No There equal

The hunger that I have to kill
My need to fill empty cup
My nights alone have to be finished
Tell me that you will never leave me
(What it is)
But do not delay
Every day my body cries
How many things I want, this gentleman
I want I want, I want now

I want you just
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
Your my incantas
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal

I want you just
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
Your my incantas
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal

There is the same (What Do We Do?)
There is the same (What Do We Do?)
No-No-No-No There equal

There is the same (What Do We Do?)
There is the same (What Do We Do?)
No-No-No-No There equal

Me-levantas when you sing my name oh oh oh oh oh oh
Me-levantas when you sing my name oh oh oh oh oh
Carino Oh my boy is ready oh ..
Oh caarino need your sound ay ..

I want your single
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
You, and many thousand
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal
I want your single
This is not the same
So I hope
My body smells
You, and many thousand,
Time is passing
I do not want another
There is no equal

There is equal (we)
There is equal (we)
No, no, no, no, no equal
There is equal (we)
There is equal (we)
No, no, no, no, no, there are equal

OK, not quite what I thought, and not quite what I hear, but whatever!

Time for a second song: French Affair's "My Heart Goes Boom." Another great dance tune, with it's seductive French verses. But what do the French parts mean? Time for a rubbishy translation!

When both of us, the soul does that.
I love you forever, and you know.

Your lips are sweet, let me t'embrasser.
We are made for each other and that you know.

Oh, my love, you let me touch, caress your skin,
It makes me dream ... Dancing on rhymes that make us vibrate
I love you forever and you know it.

So far
I never felt
The strength of your love
If you want to know everything
I know
That day we shall meet again
And it forever
Oh, my love
Let me touch you
Rubbing your skin
It's dreamer
Dancing on rhythmes
Who we are thrilled
I love you forever
And you know ca

Maybe it would be better if I actually learned the languages......