#this is again a complicated and nuanced issue zoomed into for a joke

[live-from-flaturn]

In an unfortunate pattern among international musicians, the nuances behind their more emotionally moving lyrics are often dumbed down or simplified when these songs are translated to English. Two prominent examples are Jeff Satur's "Dum Dum" and O-Zone's "Dragostea Din-Tei". Why is this such a common occurrence, and who makes these translation decisions in the long run? In this essay I will...