[ SECRET POST #2843 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2843 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Same. Because that's what published authors in published books do. You don't include something vital to the story in a language other than the primary language unless you want to risk a big part of your audience missing the point.

[(Anonymous)]

Right. The only time you should use untranslated material is if it's an extremely common phrase, or if it's a callback to an earlier scene where it was used and translated in that context.

[(Anonymous)]

Or if the character can't understand it and it's not necessary for the reader to -- like an Easter egg.

[(Anonymous)]

Because that's what published authors in published books do.

Unless they're Charlotte Bronte. omg, so much untranslated French in The Professor and Villette.

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, at the time she was writing, most people in her target audience would be at least somewhat conversant in French.