User blog comment:Tiamatwizard/Lyrics?/@comment-2087245-20100525230027

I prefer option 2. My reasoning:

1: Most people would have to get out a translator to figure it out.

3. For the people who do know what it means, it's annoying to pretty much have the word repeated twice. Plus, there are a lot of foreign terms that need more than one or two words to explain.

4. Much of the original cultural feel will get lost. If it's fine with the Japanese, why is it not fine with us? When I first heard Italy's Maru Kaite Chikyuu and then took a look at the "translated" lyrics, I was delighted to see Italian in there.

For 2, it's a compromise. It's not much of an interruption, it's a quick reference for people who don't know the language, and you keep the cultural feel.