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四{し}月{がつ}は君{きみ}の嘘{うそ} is an anime premiered in fall 2014, and I wonder how
this anime title should be translated.

The official translation is “Your Lie in April”, but I also came across
another form which is “April is Your Lie”. Are these translations are both
acceptable? Or is it a one should be preferred to the other?

Here I understood that the place of the subject is important, but the form
“April is Your Lie” makes no sense to me. I am aware that, by translating word
for word this sentence, one can reach this construction, but in this case the
meaning does not seem properly transcribed.

Semantically, this is obviously not the month of April which is a lie, it is a
metonymy. Thus, in English, the form “April is Your Lie” does not appear
convincing (the metonymy is less clear) while on the contrary “Your Lie in
April” — the form eventually officially chosen — is closer to the original
meaning (and, but that is subjective, also seems more poetic).
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translation word-order
How should “四月は君の嘘” be translated?
A single phrase can be translated in multiple ways. Doesn't help that Japanese
is a very ambiguous language. But "Your Lie In April" seems to be the official
translation and fits the story more. After all, it was a lie IN April that
started the story, not that April was the lie.
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