https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/tags/172.rssNew Posts Tagged 'multilingual' - WritingWriting - Codidact2020-01-22T11:19:17Zhttps://writing.codidact.com/posts/8626How to convey that the POV character *does not understand* what's said in dialogue?Caninahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80492013-09-14T18:26:44Z2020-01-22T11:19:17Z<p>The general advice is often to focus on the content of what's said in dialogue and just write it in the reader's language, largely whether the characters would use that language or not i...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35006Indicating multiple different modes of speech (fantasy language or telepathy)Robynhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/71642019-03-24T11:50:55Z2019-12-14T20:45:27Z<p>All the viewpoint characters in my story are orcs and speak Orcish as their native tongue, but some are bilingual: they use English to talk to humans. Additionally, the main character has a magi...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/20779Formatting multiple languages while avoiding italics for native speakers in their POVdmoonfirehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/44392017-03-15T04:46:40Z2019-12-13T12:00:43Z<p>Looking at <a href="https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/1742/whats-the-best-way-to-show-a-foreign-language-in-a-manuscript">this question</a>, I was trying to figure out how to format a ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/20955How do I include translations without ruining the flow of the text?J. Robertshttps://writing.codidact.com/users/36322017-03-25T15:38:12Z2019-12-13T12:00:43Z<p>A character speaks two languages throughout the whole plot. How to insert the translation of the other language without ruining the layout of the story or text?</p>
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<blockq...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/13584How to write when thinking in multiple languages?Babika Babakahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/31712015-06-16T10:51:11Z2019-12-13T12:00:29Z<p>When writing, scenes come to my mind in different languages mixed together.
For example in a single scene a description will be in French, some dialogues in English, with a few words of Spanish ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/5037How does one present spoken dialogue as a secondary language to signed speech?Lauren Ipsumhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80592012-01-16T21:17:49Z2019-12-13T12:00:05Z<p>I was starting to leave a comment on <a href="https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/4811/how-does-one-include-sign-language-in-a-dialogue">this excellent question</a> when I realized I had...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/3656Italicizing and adding accents to Spanish words in an English novelJ. Leigh Hunterhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/8702011-07-08T12:24:49Z2019-12-13T11:59:58Z<p>In my current novel I have a few characters who speak Spanish. The book takes place along the Texico border, so it happens frequently. I know that in more foreign Spanish, or when someone speaks...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/2094What's the best way to show a foreign language in a manuscript?Ralph Gallagherhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/1132011-02-23T23:41:16Z2019-12-13T11:59:55Z<p>What's the best way to show a character speaking a foreign language in a fiction manuscript? Should the foreign words be italicized and include a translation? Should it just be included in the s...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33314Characters speaking different languagesrepomonsterhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70812019-02-07T23:51:16Z2019-12-12T21:57:34Z<p>Let's suppose you can only write in English, and characters speak 2 different languages. How do you put it into writing. Consider 3 different situations:</p>
<p>Person A speaks in language B, P...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/6546How do authors incorporate languages they don't speak?temporary_user_namehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/13782012-10-31T13:44:05Z2019-12-12T20:06:01Z<p>In many, many English-language novels I've come across characters who speak other languages, most often French for whatever reason.</p>
<p>In many cases, such as with <em>Ulysses</em> and <em>L...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/6310Which language to use when writing a multinational storyClayKaboomhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/16392012-08-25T20:26:04Z2019-12-08T22:32:02Z<p>I'm Brazilian and I'm writing a book in portuguese. However the story takes place first in Europe, i.e. Italy, Portugal, and London. Of course this requires of me some research about the culture...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12861Using a foreign language that uses a different written alphabetNicolehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/29492015-04-15T01:01:49Z2019-12-08T18:46:42Z<p>What is the best way to incorporate a different language that uses another alphabet into a fiction manuscript? I am trying to use Russian in an English manuscript, but I don't know if I should u...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/28166How do I handle English speaking where the language used isn't English but is translated in it?Richard Lasthttps://writing.codidact.com/users/62762018-05-08T18:46:22Z2019-12-08T08:46:57Z<p>I'm kind of having trouble with portraying one of my main character's English speaking foreign friend. My character and the country he is in don't really use English as the language they communi...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/13980Naming a book in a language different from where it would be published: is it good?Yuuzahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/34802015-07-15T06:26:01Z2019-12-08T04:28:08Z<p>The book is being written in Portuguese, would it be bad if the name is in English? </p>
<p>The name is just "The Awakening". I prefer the title in English because it sounds better than in Port...