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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — it's the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning. — Mark Twain
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answered | Is a glossary needed in a novel? |
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Apr 6 |
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To translate a novel with Westerner's point of view Please make that part of your question (click on edit above) and the community can help you work on it. |
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Apr 6 |
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To translate a novel with Westerner's point of view Hi DC-Des, welcome to Writers SE. Stack Exchange isn't like other boards. We aren't a discussion forum. Posts here need to be clear, answerable questions with the potential to help others. Please see our FAQ: writers.stackexchange.com/faq We can help you with making your writing sound more like a native speaker, but we cannot do cultural research for you. |
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Apr 5 |
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How to avoid specifying the gender in English when the original text does not specify it? @C.A.McCann I don't favor "he as generic TPS." I favor subject-verb agreement. Switching off he/she is, using they are, using "one" or convoluted avoidance of pronouns -- all fine. But "hand it to the customer so they can sign it" makes my eyes bleed. And I did acknowledge in my above comment that not everyone agrees with me. I think you and I have had this discussion before. It's a prescriptive rule, which I cheerfully admit. |
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Apr 5 |
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How to avoid specifying the gender in English when the original text does not specify it? @C.A.McCann Yes, please, I'd love to see your sources on "antique singular they." |
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Apr 5 |
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The value of labeling book sections I think this is a discussion/Your Mileage May Vary question as written -- particularly the last paragraph. If you can tweak that to be more concrete (what are the pros and cons of many short chapters? what does a chapter need to have? where should it end?) and less "What are your thoughts?" it can stand. |
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Apr 5 |
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How to avoid specifying the gender in English when the original text does not specify it? @C.A.McCann ...I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. I didn't bring up "thou." |
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Apr 5 |
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How to avoid specifying the gender in English when the original text does not specify it? This is a good question, but I think English/ELU might be a better fit. My VTC is only a vote to migrate, not a comment on the quality of the question. I've upvoted it. |
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Apr 5 |
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How to avoid specifying the gender in English when the original text does not specify it? @Soulz It depends on whom you ask. I find it abhorrent; many people are fine with it. |
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Apr 5 |
answered | How likely is the “five consecutive word rule” to detect “random,” as opposed to intentional plagiarism? |
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Apr 5 |
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How likely is the “five consecutive word rule” to detect “random,” as opposed to intentional plagiarism? Re the "million monkeys at a million keyboards will eventually reproduce Shakespeare": as it happens, the existence of the Internet has proven that theory wrong. |
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Apr 5 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on How likely is the “five consecutive word rule” to detect “random,” as opposed to intentional plagiarism? |
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Apr 4 |
answered | How is parallel construction viewed in literature? |
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Apr 2 |
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Ways to speed up my writing to 15 - 20 pages a day Learn how to type faster. |
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Apr 2 |
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How should I introduce new and complex technologies or tools? @Mussri Another great idea, although I'll add one caveat: Don't overdo it. Gael Baudino took this concept to a ridiculous extreme in her Water! trilogy -- it was a neat writer's experiment, but a PITA to read. If you go this route, stick to one or two paragraphs at the beginning of a chapter. |
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Apr 2 |
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Words in author's native language? @jwpat7 "As I've seen it a few times": can you give an example? (I more or less agree with you; I'm interested to see it in context.) |
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Apr 2 |
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How should I introduce new and complex technologies or tools? I love this! There are plenty of ways to peel the cabbage, so to speak. |
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Apr 1 |
answered | Expression or word like “aura” that can be used to describe a “force” of death enveloping your body? |
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Apr 1 |
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Expression or word like “aura” that can be used to describe a “force” of death enveloping your body? That's not bad, actually. "Moribundity" makes me think that he's feeling the onset of rigor mortis. |
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Apr 1 |
answered | How should I introduce new and complex technologies or tools? |
