Google translate Despacito

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Language ideology; it was thought Spanish can be a sexy/scandalous language but do non Spanish speakers really know what's being said. The lyrics does sound sexy and perfect with the melody. Code-switching; the translation is not what the music (song) portrays. The lyrics translation is not sexy, or 'catchy' it's not even what us non Spanish speakers feel the music should be. The fella said Despacito meant slowly, but the song indicates it means quickly.

Posted by Maniphone (Katrina) Thirakul on November 12, 2017

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Spanish;
Indexicality;
Globalization;
Code-switching

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