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;their beautiful melody and lyrics. As we all know, English songs are a part of the western culture. Trough them, we are able to know the western music, life, culture and even history. All these things are expressed and contained in the English lyric. The problem is  that  large  part  of  Chinese  people  can’t  understand  the  meaning  of  the  original English  lyric.  Thus,  the  translation  of  the  English  lyric  is  important  and  necessary. Especially  the  youth  in  China,  they  are  fond  of  listening  to  English  songs  but  they don’t  know  the  exactly  meaning  the  English  songs.  As  they  are  the  hope  of  our country, they should know something of the western culture through the lyric not just enjoying the beautiful melody. Translation of the English lyric should help the readers conquer the language barrier and bridge the cultural gap.  It has been a long history of the translation of English songs in China. Nowadays, many scholars spend their endeavor in researching the English song translation. Some of  them  just  put  forward  a  few  methods  about  the  translation  without  any  theory guidance.  Some  of  them  discuss  the  lyric  of  the  English  song  translation  under  the framework of other translation theories. But in terms of Relevance Theory, almost no one  has  made  research  on  the  translation  of  the  English  lyric.  Some  may  study  the translation  of  other  literary  texts  like  the  novel,  poem  etc.  The  English  song translation is a branch of the translation. Because of its special features, it still doesn’t have a systematical research theory and methods.  

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Chapter Two Overview of English and Chinese Lyrics

2.1 Definition of Song and Song Lyric 
Many people listen to songs almost everyday and various songs are played in the street.  Some shops  play  songs  in  order to  attract customers. People enjoy  songs  but few  of  them  know  the  definition  of  songs.  Different  scholars  has  different understanding of the song, thus there are several kinds of versions of the definition of the  song.  The  song  is  a  short  musical  work  which  can  generate  a  special  aesthetic reaction composed by the interdependence of music and words (Gove, 1976). Another is that the song is a kind of music which is expressed through the human voice and as the carrier of the words. Any music which is able to be sung can be regarded as the song. That is to say, it is a simple musical composition which is made up of lyric and melody. (Randel, 2003). In the Encyclopedia Britannica (2000), it describes the song as  a  voice  performed  composition  and  a  piece  of  music &nbs本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。