Comments on: The Language Problem in Fantasy https://johnbierce.com/blog/the-language-problem-in-fantasy/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: johnbierce https://johnbierce.com/blog/the-language-problem-in-fantasy/#comment-100 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 02:50:38 +0000 http://johnbierce.com/?p=999#comment-100 In reply to Marco.

Ouch, sounds like a challenge! A lot of fun as well, though! Have you actually invented the other language, or…?

Have you read China Mieville’s Embassytown?

]]> By: Marco https://johnbierce.com/blog/the-language-problem-in-fantasy/#comment-99 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:44:46 +0000 http://johnbierce.com/?p=999#comment-99 Oh awesome post. It’s lovely thinking about these topics. I’m working on some loosely connected short fantasy stories that must deal with this language problem. I basically shot myself in both feet- 1. none of the protagonists know the language of the cities they are moving to and neither does the reader 2. No other dialogue is translated either. Am I dumb or just lazy? Probably both. It’s a lot of fun so far, in a masochistic kinda way.

I’m looking for more stories that do something similar.

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