Preface: There are dozens of translation versions on this English song Right Here Waiting. Most of them are very close. Today I read a recommended version translated by a teacher in Suzhou University, whose translation style looks better, however, some of the sentences are wrongly translated or lose their original meanings when the translator tries to keep some certain style. In my own view, the most important element to consider in translation should be to correctly and truly express its original meaning.  

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Right here waiting

Oceans apart, day after day      

And I slowly go insane                

I hear your voice， on the line  

But it doesn’t stop the pain       

If I see you next to never           

How can we say forever           

Wherever you go                       

Whatever you do                        

I will be right here waiting for you

Whatever it takes                         

Or how my heart breaks                

I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted                           

all the times                                   

That I thought would last somehow

I hear your laughter                           

I taste the tears                                 

But I can’t get near you now            

Oh, can’t you see it baby                

You’ve got me going crazy            

Wherever you go                           

Whatever you do                            

I will be right here waiting for you

Whatever it takes                           

Or how my heart breaks                  

I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive        

This romance                                   

But in the end if I’m with you         

I'll take the chance                         

Oh, can’t you see it baby              

You’ve got me going crazy           

Wherever you go                           

Whatever you do                           

I will be right here waiting for you

Whatever it takes                          

Or how my heart breaks 

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