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Lu -

A song from something I'm translating:

離開家鄉好幾個月了
It's been months since I left home
我決定與我的愛馬同生死
I want to live and die by ... side
在沙場勇往直前越山過河
We travel across mountains and rivers
手抓住疆繩與愛馬合而為一
In my hand I hold the rope that unites me with ...

Most of it is not much of a problem, but I'm not sure what to do with 愛馬. Is it the name of a
girl, presumably in some minority language? I tried googling it but all that came up was people
loving 馬英九, so that wasn't much help.



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skylee -

beloved horse

my beloved horse

Hermes (説笑的啦）

Looks like it's a song about wandering.










skylee -

btw, it is 韁繩 (rein) not 疆繩.










Lu -

Thanks for your swift reply! Also on the reins thing, the original got that wrong then.










gato -

Or maybe a horse named Emma.










Lu -

More like a ma named Em, then.
I had thought of 'beloved horse', but thought it was a bit too weird, but actually it does make
sense. Especially since there are reins involved.










zhaonanding -

Just simply my horse or my dear horse is OK.










skylee -

You might also wish to put 沙場 back to your translation.










Lu -

I would, but it's for subtitles, so it has to be at most 40 characters (including spaces) per
line, that's why I took it out. The last line ended up being too long as well, so now I made it:

離開家鄉好幾個月了
It's been months since I left home
我決定與我的愛馬同生死
I want to live by my horse's side
在沙場勇往直前越山過河
We travel across mountains and rivers
手抓住疆繩與愛馬合而為一
Me holding the reins of my beloved horse

I like subtitles, it's really a puzzle sometimes to be precise yet concise.












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