bodrock wrote:Please do, Va'al! I wouldn't mind reading it at all.
If you have a link or doc, we can msg or email.
Send me an email at my news email (vaal[at]seibertron[dot]com), and I'll fix you up!
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:WreckerJack wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Va'al wrote:Dude, I have a BA in English Language & Literature, an MA in Literary Translation, a PhD in Literary Translation and Comics Studies, I've taught creative writing and literary criticism, I've had stories and poems published, and I work in book translation. Plus, my arm tattoo is literally 12 quotes from texts I came across during my first degree, in six different languages -- it's safe to say that yes, I am a nerd, and I am proud of it.
and here I thought me being able to ask someone how they are doing in spanish was impressive
Como esta?
Did I say that right?
There's something along the lines of an accent on one of those letters, I'm sure of it...
Hey, knowing any more than one language is an achievement, and it's always a good thing to know, even if it's very basic basics! I had the opportunity and possibility to follow those studies, but I am perfectly aware that not everyone can.
[It's ¿Cómo estás? ]
bodrock wrote:I've taken Japanese, French, and am Vietnamese-American -- but I still can't speak much more than Murican.
Do you have no Vietnamese in you, language-wise? Did no one in the family teach you as you were growing up? That's how I got Italian and English at the same time!
For me, French was high school, Spanish is self-taught, same with Dutch, when I was dating a Dutch woman, and Japanese is my latest self-taught endeavour. I also did a British Sign Language course at university, but haven't practiced in years.