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In the modern world, english is a well-estabilished technical and scientific language. Some terms have become so commonly used that they are accepted in my native tongue (words like "computer", "PC...
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2019-12-13T11:56:51Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T11:43:09Z (over 4 years ago)
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In the modern world, english is a well-estabilished technical and scientific language. Some terms have become so commonly used that they are accepted in my native tongue (words like "computer", "PC", "network" being examples). I'm currently writing a science fiction novel in my native language. I deal a lot with themes like networking, artificial intelligence, computing and so on _in the novel_. So, when the time comes to create make up words for very specific technologies (let's say, nanomachines), it feels normal to use english-looking words (in the example, nano-mechs). ## Considering the science fiction setting, is this acceptable or alienating?
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2019-04-16T10:55:08Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 11