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Spectacular Sameth:
Okay, I'm writing a book based on one of my comics and a couple of characters are aliens (space, not illegal.) So my question is: how do I mention they are talking in another language? Due to how the story is told, the other language will be "translated" to English. So they're talking in their language, but you read it as English. When I do it in my comics, I put the words in "<", but I didn't know if I could do that for a book.

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: Sameth on September 02, 2008, 06:21:01 PM ---Okay, I'm writing a book based on one of my comics and a couple of characters are aliens (space, not illegal.) So my question is: how do I mention they are talking in another language? Due to how the story is told, the other language will be "translated" to English. So they're talking in their language, but you read it as English. When I do it in my comics, I put the words in "<", but I didn't know if I could do that for a book.

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Italicise it ?  I've seen that used to indicate "character speaking in non-English language".

Soulless Mystic5523:
Italicize it, and make mention somewhere the first time it happens that they're speaking their native tongue.

LizW65:
Leaving off the quotation marks can also be effective, indicating as it does that the sounds are produced by some means other than standard vocal cords.

Shecky:

--- Quote from: LizW65 on September 03, 2008, 01:17:34 PM ---Leaving off the quotation marks can also be effective, indicating as it does that the sounds are produced by some means other than standard vocal cords.

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