Talk:Aoki Lapis/@comment-25352448-20141023210948/@comment-53539-20141025180340

I wouldn't even touchy Google translator for anything involved with actual song writing, so only start when you've got a GOOD level of Japanese. Even if the language writing isn't the problem, bare in mind that pronounication and phonetics also let a number of overseas fans down in their songs. Example: Miku struggled with "ma" in V2, so any song done by those who don't notice "ma" is failing end up tossing out a song that could have been better without releasing it. It doesn't take much to fix the problem...

It often turns out gibberish in native Japanese speakers eyes (ears?), so you REALLY have to be good with the language before even attempting this. The Japanese fandom DOES have members of its fandom that will red-rag overseas songs as mockery in some quarters. This is also why I recommend sticking to a bilingual sometimes to newbies, because you can at least rely on one or the other vocal. Worst comes to worst, you can always stick with what you know while you learn the new stuff, that way you can toss out songs in the language you know while you learn the language you don't know so well.

Yukari is a "producer's vocal", has a rep for med-hard to use but she wasn't built for those who don't already know what their doing with Vocaloid to begin with. Most Vocaloids are at least "med" level, bare that in mind, this is also why lots of producers stick to Miku as she is on the easy level of Vocaloid.