Pardon my French

[dar_jeeling]

For heaven's sake, writer people, if one of your characters must speak a foreign language, have someone who actually knows that language look at your story, because guess what? That word/sentence/expression might not mean what you think it means.

Do not, I repeat, do not fuck around with dictionaries or rely on online translators. More research, less wincing! Thanks muchly.

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

In this era of worldwide internets, it's pretty easy to find someone who speaks just about any language you need for a fic.

[dar-jeeling.livejournal.com]

Yep.

So. That Rae chick. What does her hair look like?

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Kind of like sam80853's, apparently (http://sam80853.livejournal.com/241809.html) (she's the one on the right in the picture in which all German slashers have experimental hair).

EEEEEEE!

[dar-jeeling.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

Oh, don't eeee! I'm not sure if this will work. *bites lip*