Abstract
This paper deals with the past, present, and future of the “singable” translation contest, which was first held at the National Institute of Technology, Fukui College in 2014. Section 2 presents the details of the first contest to the sixth contest held consecutively from 2014 to 2019 and the seventh contest held in 2023, which concerns the past of the contest. Section 3 presents the details of the eighth contest held in 2024, which concerns the present of the contest. Section 4 presents the results of the survey on the 2023 contest. Section 5 proposes the strategies for expanding the competition from the school to the intercollegiate level, which concerns the future of the competition. In the appendices, you will find the first prize winning works from the previous editions of the contest.
https://ror.org/01n09qc98 
