While excess is to be avoided, a moderate degree of homophonic translation is advisable in a singable translation, since a singer’s voice quality is influenced by the sounds of words in conjunction with pitch

It is also sometimes desirable to leave names in their foreign forms even if they do have target-language equivalents, or even exact translations. For example, the Russian city Нижний Новгород (Nízhniy Nóvgorod, the former name of Горький [Gór’kiy]) would not usually be called “Lower Newtown,” although that is the English translation of the Russian name.