Mulan - I'll Make a Man Out of You Chinese Mandarin (Subs + Translation) HD
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This is a very literal translation, to preserve its original meaning in chinese.
Romanized to the closest sound, not Pinyin.
Sang by Jackie Chan
Format:
Mandarin
Mandarin sound in English (Transliterated to the closest sound)
English translation
Lyrics not sang by Li Shang, or Jackie Chan, is in parenthesis ()
*note that the Mandarin sound in English is transliterated, not pinyin, since people that don't have the understanding of pinyin couldn't pronounce it properly. It is transliterated to the closest sound in English
匈奴(xiong nu): Xiongnu, enemy of the dynasty in ancient China. Disney used the abbreviation Huns to make it easier to pronounce and understand.
男子漢(nan zi han): Literally means manly man. Although sounds awkward because there is no such usage in English, basically means to tell a man to be manly, or "be a man".
Something to note in this song is the lyrics quite formal, not something that one would speak in a conversation, and not as easy to understand as normal modern chinese. I don't know why Disney did this since kids will not understand most parts of this song. The only reason I can think of is that because this story happened in ancient China, and they wanted the lyrics to fit in this timeframe.
Because of this, almost all words has an idiomatic meaning, which means translation is quite difficult. I try to stick to the idiomatic translation as much as possible, meaning that most translations are not word for word.
