Andrew Paterson - lyric translation examples

As part of writing choral sheet music arrangements, I write my own performable English translations. This document contains 3 examples:

“Bara Bada Bastu” - as perfomed by KAJ at Melodifestivalen and Eurovision Song Contest 2025. (See my published arrangements at https://www.twine.net/signin
and https://www.twine.net/signin )

“Convidando Está La Noche” - a Christmas carol in Spanish by Mexican composer Juan García de Zéspedes (see my published arrangement at https://www.twine.net/signin )

“Rano-Ranenko” - as performed by Ukrainian band Go_A. I’m currently seeking permission from the copyright holders to publish my arrangement for choir so there is no published link for this yet.

With my experience as a choral singer and conductor, I’m able to write translations that (1) match the rhythmic feel of the music very closely; (2) are natural-sounding, with typical English word stress; and (3) that convey all the important meaning from the original text. I’ve also made some artistic decisions to keep certain words from the original text where appropriate.

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