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Q&A Writing dialogue for a non-English speaker in English?

I am writing a story that features an illiterate Indian woman. Of course, while there are things only Hindi can satisfactorily express, I was wondering what would be a good way to construct dialogu...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Kuchiki Byakuya‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question language dialogue
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:33:20Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/11089
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Kuchiki Byakuya‭ · 2019-12-08T03:33:20Z (about 5 years ago)
I am writing a story that features an illiterate Indian woman. Of course, while there are things only Hindi can satisfactorily express, I was wondering what would be a good way to construct dialogues for someone like that- an illiterate woman in her forties, world weary.

(Just finished reading the Mayor of Casterbridge. Not sure if I could pick up much from there though.)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-06-03T18:52:53Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 2