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Why translating Hamilton's rap into German was so hard
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Translating a rapid-fire historical hip-hop musical isn't just about swapping words. German localization teams had to painstakingly match Lin-Manuel Miranda's exact beats-per-minute and rhythmic cadences. If they failed, the poor international actors would literally choke trying to cram inherently long, polysyllabic German words into tight rap flows.
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