Talk:The Ambrosian

Literal translation Dutch-English :P

Choir: In the land of the Mediterranse Lived a people with courage and power Darkness fell like a tiran entered (sentence construction is awful here :P) And rejoiced were no longer heard (?? :P)

Verse 1: One by one the people surrounding him fell down Under the tiran's spell were weakened (verzwakte should be verzwakt, otherwise it's grammatically a disaster) But one day, the tiran fell (slightly anglicistic, could be interpreted as if he literally fell over something :P) And the dragon stood in order to help them (he literally only stood :P) And the dragon stood in order to help them Victoria, victoria Our Brunantia rejoices again (onze should be ons, same error as verzwakte) Our Brunantia rejoices again

Verse 2 Stand up, stand up for freedom Soldiers, writers, housefathers (not standard Dutch, but could be accepted as Brunanter Dutch though) Now take up your weapons, haste coming out of neighborhood (??) Camarades, seize the day, lead the road (leidt should be leid, or pluk should be plukt for consistency) Camarades, seize the day, lead the road (leid de weg sounds strange, as if you have to lead a road how to get somewhere...) Democracy, democracy Cry the people every day after every day (cry is left untranslated) Cry the people every day after every day

Choir: In the land of the Mediterranse Lived a people with courage and power Finally freed from terror and oppression Free at last! Free at last! Free at last!

Choir: Now the poeple are altogether Into a great country that we so eagerly better (this is specifically horrible, "grote" should be "'n groot", "beter" is an adjective...) Now Brunantia is greater than ever before (tevoren is generally "poetized" to tevoor) all for all (alle should be allen) arms arms (should be "arm in arm", this is just shouting "arms" two times :P) unanimous (typo, should be "eensgezind")

Verse 3: O land of splendour and beauty How much do I hold you close to me (this is like a question: "How close am I holding you next to me?") God's light, not shines so bright (??) As a consequence that peace can always protect us (??) As a consequence that peace can always protect us

Verse 4: With the strong law and dragon at the right side behind them On the banner that is flying above blue skies (lucht doesn't really have a plural in this case, saying luchten sounds strange..) Over high mountains and deep valleys Let her banner for ever wave (wave being a noun here, as in the waves of the sea :P) Let her banner for ever wave

As you can see, it can be quite awful at times :P --O u WTBsjrief-mich 14:11, December 17, 2012 (UTC)