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Munoobinater t1_j6etp2a wrote

Reply to comment by Slammogram in [WP] The person you're dating comes to dinner to meet your family. But the instant you step in the door, your grandmother goes deathly pale, and shouts the name of a creature from her country's folklore. by Affectionate_Bit_722

Same. Translations for the dialogue between grandma and anders would help

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Slammogram t1_j6fjnxd wrote

Like… he knocked up the grandmas sister and then his mom killed her? Like I’m confused

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Slammogram t1_j6ia7q6 wrote

Yeah, idk why they didn’t add translations.

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AShellfishLover t1_j6iydy5 wrote

Because it ruins the tension, as well as the meaning. Our narrator also doesn't understand the language.

If you wish there are places you can translate freely available online.

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Slammogram t1_j6izjlc wrote

I didn’t mean during the story- I meant when you responded afterward with “thank you for reading”. You could have added the translations then

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AShellfishLover t1_j6izp64 wrote

I mean I could have, but you also have the option to explore. Or not.

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Slammogram t1_j6j2n1f wrote

I’m also not the only person who commented this. It’s a fair critique. No one is tearing you up. Everyone here is saying it’s well written. But there is important dialogue between the grandmother and Anders and it would be helpful, especially for a mobile user like me, to have seen that in your afternote, and would have been less inconvenient for you, than the reader.

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