In a first, Deezer launches in-app Lyrics Translation with initially English to French, German, Portuguese and Spanish being available. Deezer started offering integrated time-synced lyrics on its platform in 2014 and has now taken this a step further by being the first streamer to offer in-app translation of lyrics.
Users no longer have to compromise the meaning of a song or its lyrics when streaming music in its original language. With just a simple click, music fans can now view real-time lyric translations of the most popular English songs in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. A YouTube video showing how this works can be found here.
Initially only 10,000 of the most popular songs will display the ‘Lyrics Translation’ function. Currently, the function only translates songs from English to French, German, Portuguese and Spanish but additional lyric translations will continue to be added over time, including translations of songs from other languages into English. One slight drawback to this latter function is that users whose phone settings are in English need to update their language preferences in settings to French, Portuguese, German or Spanish to view translations from English for any of the supported languages.
In the meantime, users whose phone settings are in English can use the function to improve their language skills or learn a new language through music.
Alexandra Leloup, VP Product – Core Products at Deezer said, “Music fans have always been able to immerse themselves in the thoughts and feelings of the artist with our widely popular lyrics function. But with our new ‘Lyrics Translation’ feature, they can now discover the artist’s true meaning behind their favourite tunes, and even sharpen their language skills, or totally learn a new language in the process.”
How to activate ‘Lyrics Translation’ on Deezer
- Access ‘Lyrics’ via the microphone icon
- Select ‘with translation’
- To disable this feature, select the ‘without translation’
You can test out this feature with Deezer’s top 10 songs streamed with lyrics in the world.
Deezer’s Global Top 10 Songs streamed with lyrics
- abcdefu – GAYLE
- Enemy – Imagine Dragons
- Envolver – Anitta
- DANÇARINA – PEDRO SAMPAIO
- Cold Heart – Elton John
- LA FAMA – Rosalía
- Infinity – Jaymes Young
- Easy On Me – Adele
- Beggin’ – Måneskin
- Heat Waves – Glass Animals
Alternatively, explore the ‘Lyrics Translation’ feature on Deezer by streaming ‘Hit Tracks, Hot Lyrics.’ The playlist is a collection of today’s hits, which you can sing along using with lyrics, or sharpen your rusty French or Spanish language skills by using the new in-app translation feature.
The ‘Lyrics Translation’ feature is available on iOS, Android, on the web and on the Deezer desktop application.
