Several music industry companies have joined forces to develop a system to make song lyrics available in all EU languages. Deezer is also involved in the BELEM project, which is funded by the EU. A total of 15 companies are involved in the project.
Translated by people
The consortium wants to build capacities for publishers, songwriters, platforms and labels alike to make song lyrics accessible and monetize them. In this way, new sources of income are to be opened up for European musicians and labels. Of course, you also have online music streaming in mind. Cultural hurdles should also be overcome by translating the lyrics by translating them by people. The translation should also take into account the meaning of the lyrics in order to be able to convey not only the content, but also the message, which should improve the listener's understanding of a song. The artists and songwriters themselves should therefore also be encouraged to translate their texts – after all, the meaning of their texts and the message of their pieces should be more understandable for people with a different language background.
2 million euros from the EU
The EU-funded project will run for four years. He was awarded 2 million euros by the Creative Europe Program (CREA). BELEM, which stands for Boosting European Lyrics and their Entrepreneurial Monetization, includes AMAEI, Bardis, Deezer, .MUSIC, Fleepit, Independent Digital, Lusitanian Music, LyricFind, Mars Music, Metatron, Nord University, Broma 16, RUNDA, Unison Rights and Zebralution.
Deezer already offers 4 languages for 10,000 titles
Deezer has already worked with LyricFind to translate 10,000 song lyrics into four languages, all of which will be available in the Deezer app for subscribers to the streaming service. For example, users can choose between a translation into German, French, Spanish and Portuguese for the 10,000 English titles.
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