We got a challenge: to translate a Brazilian song into English. The song is from Fernanda Sander, a prize winner singer who composes songs for children, she wants to release a bilingual CD and asked for our help! We then decided to translate the Brazilian song into English. We used google translator. It is fun to do that! The song has now to be tried with the original melody to see if our words are good... This is how it was before, in portuguese:
O Caracol
O caracol, vai caracolando
Carretel desenrolando
O que borda o caracol
Em plena luz do sol
This is how we translated it:
The Snail
The little snail, today is sliding
Like a string unwinding
Why is the snail sewing
When the sun is shinning down
"It is nice, and soft and gentle, like a lullaby"
O Caracol
O caracol, vai caracolando
Carretel desenrolando
O que borda o caracol
Em plena luz do sol
This is how we translated it:
The Snail
The little snail, today is sliding
Like a string unwinding
Why is the snail sewing
When the sun is shinning down
"It is nice, and soft and gentle, like a lullaby"