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It is said that music is a world language which needs no translation. In my opinion, when we are listening to music, we can grasp partially themes, feelings and moods – through voices, sounds and melodies – which singers and composers want to impart to listeners, but only in this way we cannot easily figure out concrete messages of music. In contrast, lyrics can convey the messages more directly and clearly. This presentation introduces a course which was offered at the Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies of the University of Mainz in Germany in the summer semester 2016; which dealt with the question ‘does music really need no translation?’.