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Q&A English words in a non-english sci-fi novel

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...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T11:56:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T11:43:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
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?
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-16T10:55:08Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 11