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SilSolo Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 1/11/05 9:17am Subject: The Multilingual Writers Club: Hey, look! It's the quote of the day! - Date Edited: 11/24/06 9:31am (3 edits total) Edited By: SilSolo
	I don't know if there's been one of these on these boards before, but if there has, then it must be buried under 100 pages and I guess you can call this v2. Hi! Bonjour! Hola! Ni hao! Konichiwa! Guten tag! I just thought I'd start a thread where ESL people might get advice on writing ff in English and where writers who are most comfortable with English might learn a few things about writing ff in foreign languages. By multilingual I mean everyone who speaks English+at least one other language and high school courses count (I'm French III and I love to read in that language). Edit: Since this idea worked so well... Before you reply for the first time, scroll down to my next post to the thread for the instructions on introducing yourself. Have fun! Proud polyglot, SilSolo/Caroline/writes Chinese name -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/27517284/p1/?11 Like this quick sketch: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32848083/ ? Then commission me. Prices are negotiable.
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Miana Kenobi Title: Pacific RSA & NSWFF Mod On Limited Time Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 1/11/05 9:38am Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	Interesting idea... I'm in my 4th year of Spanish, but by no means bilingual yet. I hope Ish finds this thread. I know she's previously written fan fic vigs and such in Spanish. -----signature----- President of San Diego FanForce He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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Sara_Kenobi Registered: Sep '00	Date Posted: 1/11/05 9:55am Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	Bonjour! I think it's an excellent idea. I started out with the Francias as my main lanuage for learning. I had a terrible time adjusting to English as my main language for writing, once I became of school age. I could speak both languages. But I found French to be the most simple for me. I think it was because of the accent. I'm not sure. I'm now mainly the other way, and find English to be the most simple for me now. -----signature----- Flight of Raven's http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/30284518/p1/?0
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Cobranaconda Title: Ex-FF-UK: South CR Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 1/11/05 10:10am Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	Well, I speak little bits of loads of languages, Enlgish fluently, and French is getting close. But probably not enough, seeing as I have problems when posting on the French SW forums that I visit occaisionally. -----signature----- "We find that your American beer is a little like making love in a canoe." "Making love in a canoe?" "It's ****ing close to water."
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 1/11/05 10:29am Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	Yes, I was drawn to this thread. I'm bilingual, but I'm SSL--Spanish as a seventh language. Or rather, seven is the number I can read, not speak. I speak two. Anyway, if anyone foreign wants help writing and needs a beta, I'm always willing to help. I've been interested in foreign writers ever since I became friends with Mar17swgirl and she let me nitpick her grammar and help her with phrases. I love that girl. Beware that you post a translation or people might do what they did to me. I wrote "Yo lo se"--I Know--in Spanish, and had several complaints that, though I wrote on the subject line that it was a spanish language fic, I shouldn't write Spanish on an English-speaking board. I disagree, but there are rude people out there. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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Viola_Telcontar Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 1/11/05 10:56am Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	Great idea SilSolo! I'm a German who tries to revive and keep her English alive in these boards. I had the usual foreign-languages-trinity of German schools: English for nine years, Latin for 5 years and French for 1 year (but last time I tried to talk in that language was about 6 years ago and I'm glad when I understand 1 or 2 words out of 10 by now). Oh, not to forget my 14 days of Italian, so I know how to order red wine in a restaurant (what else do you need?). Useful link to the biggest German/English dictionary: leo.org Viola -----signature----- The Art of War: http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/25517824/ "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources" A. Einstein
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CodeName_Targeter Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 1/11/05 11:21am Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	I've been taking Spanish for the last 5 years, but I'm no where near fluent in it. I've done a bit of work at trying to write some songs and poems in Italian but my translations take a very very long time. My goal is to one day post a songfic or viggie in Italian. ~Jenn -----signature----- XWFC: Wraith Leader and Senator - Starfighter Draft Winner Ravenclaw ftw! Doppleganger of Suzuki_Akira and Vod'ika to Valin_Halcyon
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Hans_Highnessness Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 1/11/05 2:14pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	I speak German (see bio) and English. Though I tend to get cases wrong sometimes with English, but I am honestly trying. -----signature----- "You really care for him, don't you?" (H) "When he gets back, I won't stand in your way." "Luke is my brother." (L)
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 1/11/05 3:14pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	My best languages are Spanish, Latin, and Ancient Greek and only one is very useful. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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SkalenFehl Registered: Jan '03	Date Posted: 1/11/05 3:49pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	English is my main language, pero tambien puedo hablar espanol. Ich kann auch Deutsch ziemlich gut sprechen. I never wrote a story in another language, though. -----signature----- Founder of The Gentlemen's Writing Guild New Christmas Fic--http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/27837048/p1/?0
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Vongchild Registered: Apr '04	Date Posted: 1/11/05 5:44pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	I speak english and hebrew, but not well enough to write fics in it. (Ani Lo Yoda'at K'tav fanfic b'Ivriit!) (Translated: I don't know how to write fanfic in hebrew) And the fact that the boards don't supports hebrew print or cursive doesn't help much. -----signature----- "Oh," the other clerk said, as if it was nothing new, "You got one of the kid's drawings." http://boards.theforce.net/Beyond_the_Saga/b10477/21158399 - Mechanical Dreams Apprentice to Zonoma "I'd take a Yuuzhan Vong Warrior over Jacen Solo any day."
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Suzuki_Akira Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 1/11/05 6:23pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	I sorta know Latin... -----signature----- God is great, the Lord of all. "I find your lack of faith disturbing..." Those who dare oppose us will stand knee deep in the blood of their children. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=158008483
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NarundiJedi Title: FF Chapter Rep Albany, NY Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 1/11/05 6:49pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	I've written a children's book in Spanish and I'd love to write a vig in it too. The problem is that the children's book took many hours of labor and searching through a dictionary. I'd much rather have a source of Spanish vigs to read, because I'm VERY good at reading Spanish, just not writing or speaking it. Bloody grammar. Jae -----signature----- Kill Brodey: Vol 1 - http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=17015774&replies=0 Helané, Handmaiden of the Crest Leli's Blonde Twin! I'm now Mrs. NJ! w00t!
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KnightedRogue Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 1/11/05 6:52pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	I've got half a decade de espanol under my belt (and Spanglish is quite pertanent in my vocab, too), but it's been half a year since I've had any real exposure to it and I feel a bit rusty. I love reading fics in other languages; I think I told DarthIshtar that English in many ways hampers the creative process. I consider my native language very gutteral. Kudos to those of you brave enough to post fics in other languages! Keep it up! KR BTW: My third language is ASL, and while that is muy fun with which to communicate, it cannot be properly done on message boards. -----signature----- School ... work ... three dance teams ... The insanity's just a by-product.
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 1/11/05 8:19pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	lol, i'd like to do an ASL fanfic, alas... Agh, Spanglish was so hard for me to overcome because becoming fluent in spanish while working in California, half of the stuff you hear is Spanglish. I was living with Mexican, Salvadorena, and Spaniard girls who wouldn't let me cheat on my Spanish and then I had the billion slang words I had to keep straight from the people we worked with. I felt like parts of my Spanish fic flowed better because there were more words for it in Spanish. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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Miana Kenobi Title: Pacific RSA & NSWFF Mod On Limited Time Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 1/11/05 10:35pm Subject: RE: The multilingual writers club
	BTW: My third language is ASL, and while that is muy fun with which to communicate, it cannot be properly done on message boards. Fives someone else who speaks ASL I have never taken ASL as a class, but I can get by "speaking" it. My mother signs (she's not Deaf, however), and my sister does as well, so I've just picked a lot up from them. -----signature----- President of San Diego FanForce He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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