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Posts by gnasher729‭

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Q&A How do I translate into a gendered language where the gender would be a spoiler?

What is said in the English version is not actually "How are you", but "Polite conversation with a person who just arrived that doesn't reveal their gender". So that is what you translate. Anything...

posted 6y ago by gnasher729‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it a bad idea to adopt an 'English' pen name as an Asian American writer to reach a wider audience?

The contents of your book is the same, no matter what name you use. I'll like or I won't. So I should buy it or I shouldn't, no matter what name you use. Therefore you should use the name that make...

posted 8y ago by gnasher729‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Why am I getting a strange double quote (“) in Open Office instead of the ordinary one (")?

In English, the “ordinary” quotes are the “upper 66” quotes for opening and the “upper 99” quotes for ending a quotation. In other languages, it's often “lower 66” for opening quotes, or «quotation...

posted 5y ago by gnasher729‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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