Could use a wee help!

ProudToBeAScotsGirl · Could use a wee help!

Ok...this is probably rude of me, but I have a BIG request. And if it's inappropriate for this topic you're welcome to delete it, im really sorry.

I was messing about on YouTube when I came across "can you feel the love tonight?" from the Lion King in several languages. It sparked the idea of singing this song to my boyfriend when I return to him in 5ish weeks (we're in different countries right now). But...I REALLY want to sing it to him in Scottish Gaelic, and obviously they haven't translated this movie into this language. I can't even find a translator that could give a likely bad but close enough translation. And I know if I just translate word for word with my dictionary book, the grammer would be off.

I know it's a lot to ask, but I would really love to have the lyrics translated as best as possible, and a pronounceation key version if it's not too much to ask. I know this is kind of weird, but I think it would be very romantic. We haven't seen this movie sense we were kids, and both loved it...so...this would be really special if I could pull it off. I have 5ish weeks to practice, and I certainly think it would be worth it! Especially sense I have a feeling this could help me get into learning the language, which I really want to do, but I have great difficulty with learning languages. I mimic Japanese from J-pop and J-rock all the time, I can certainly try this out! Thank you SO much in advance to anyone who doesen't mind helping me out! Here are the lyrics:

Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things

[Simba:]
So many things to tell her
But how to make her see
The truth about my past? Impossible!
She'd turn away from me

[Nala:]
He's holding back, he's hiding
But what, I can't decide
Why won't he be the king I know he is
The king I see inside?

[Chorus:]
Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things
Can you feel the love tonight?
You needn't look too far
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
Love is where they are

Disney songs are great being so simple...I cut out Timon and Pumba's part sense...well...eh I woulden't sing their parts, though I might want their parts later...mmm...bah, this is asking enough as it is so i'll leave it alone.

Babygael

Hey Scots girl! How ya daein? Would love tae help but SLG is SO much better at this! LOL! right up his street. I'm a wee bit surprised he hasnae translated it for yer.However ah think the pronounciation might be a wee bit difficult??

Och,guid on ye fae tryin' onyroad!

SLG

Great idea ProudToBeAScotsGirl, i would love to do this if I had the time. My Gaelic's not good enough for me to translate it straight so it would take me a few hours to make sure I had it right. I'll have a go if I have time, but I'm pretty busy for the next few weeks. I've actually not had the time to do any work on my Gaelic for months now Sad

garye

Mise cuideachd.

Sorry but the scope of my Gaelic isn't enough to translate all of this.

However since tha first line would be

"An urrain dhut a feareachdain a' ghaol a nochd" (which I think I may have misspelled apologies to any fluent Gaels) (the rough phonetics are an oorine goot a ghool a nochk)

then there might be a right few more syllables in Gaelic to fit. I've never heard the tune mind you so ah dinnae richt ken fur shair!

ProudToBeAScotsGirl

OH wow!!! I had nearly given up! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!

Im sorry for not replying sooner, the 16th was my birthday so ive been busy with that. You all are SO wonderful to be happy to help me translate this, I don't know if I mentioned this in my first post but I am also hoping this would be a fun way to aid in me learning Scots Gaelic myself! And maybe others too! Don't worry about being busy, just please don't forget, and keep me posted on your progress!

I was inspired to do this because like I said, folks on YouTube had clips of some disney movies in different languages, and I didn't realize how beautiful a language can be until you hear it singing a tune you already know, and a lovely catchy Disney tune at that!!

I decided that if you guys are up to the project, and I know it will be difficult and take time, then here's what im going to try to do...hopefuly I won't make anyones ears bleed, but I am going to count on my 8 years in orchestra playing Viola (I have a good musical ear thanks to that) and try singing this tune with the karioke (however you spelled that) and to slap that onto a muted clip of the movie. Then...well...it won't be an amazing professional voice, but at least it's something! I still want to sing it to my boyfriend out of simple want-to-do-something-romanticism...but because of the work involved, I want to produce something from it that can be enjoyed by you guys and anyone else who loves this language and wants to see it survive. Very Happy

As for pronounceation, is there a program I could download or purchase that has a dictionary with the pronounceation of each word? I will have to find one! If not, a backup plan could be to use voice recorder, which only requires purchasing a mic. Wink

but...enjoy anyway! Very Happy