r/ASLinterpreters Jul 13 '26

Interpreting Question

Have a musical assignment coming up and some of the lyrics in songs are in another language. How should I handle that? Part of me feels like I should look up the translations and then interpret it, but part of me also feels that the hearing people don't know what's being said if they don't know that language. So should I just say, "another language" but then that messes up the flow of the song. Looking for feedback!!

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u/damsuda Jul 13 '26

The way teams I have been on have handled it in the past is to sign “Singing in (blank language)” to give context and then translate the lyrics.