starset.lyrics/README.en.md

STARSET Lyrics & Translation Collection

License

Unless otherwise stated, STARSET Lyrics & Translation Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and authorized with additional terms by STARSET Mirror.

Additional Terms

• STARSET Mirror and individual authors of translation in this repo reserve the right to redistribute their own translations under any other license or terms.
• STARSET Mirror reserves the right to add, remove, and modify additional terms.

Exceptions

• The English lyrics listed in this repository are for reference only. The copyright of the original lyrics belongs to their respective creators and rights holders.

Format

Content Format

• All lyrics and translations are in LRC format encoded with UTF-8.
• Timestamp precision is in milliseconds.
• Lyrics and translations do not contain blank lines.
• Example:

  [ti: Title]
  [ar: Artist]
  [al: Album]
  [by: Translator (if any)]
  [00:01.386] First line
  [00:08.523] Second line
  [00:16.337] Third line
  

Naming Convention

• Path structure:/language-code/album-name/two-digit-number-song title(-translator).lrc
• Translator is optional, default translation versions for English lyrics and other languages do not include this part.

Translation Languages

• Simplified Chinese(./zh-CN)
• Traditional Chinese

Each language may have multiple translations of the same song, one of which will be selected as the default translation.

Default Translation Version

The default translation version is a translation that best meets the following criteria among existing translations:

• The translation is accurate, vivid and conforms to the principles of "faithfulness, expressiveness, elegance"
• The translation is consistent with STARSET's worldview

Contribution

• You can submit new translations through any of the following methods:

  • Fork your own repository according to requirements outlined in the Format section. Then initiate a Pull Request.
  • Create a new issue here
  • Contact us via Discord or Email.

• If you wish to change the default translation version, please submit a new issue ticket at here.