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Basically, I'm having a lot of trouble trying to have a German character speak broken English in a way that is mostly able to be understood by the English speaker (so I don't need to have a lot of circumlocution) but also isn't extremely fluent in a way that would make it seem fake and unrealistic.
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Broken English is a 2007 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Zoe Cassavetes, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, Justin Theroux, Peter Bogdanovich, and Gena Rowlands.
16. Juli 2008 · Broken English: Directed by Zoe R. Cassavetes. With Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo, Tim Guinee, Gena Rowlands. Since college, Nora hasn't had much luck with men. Now in her 30s, she works in a NYC hotel going nowhere. That is, until she meets Julien.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Zoe R. Cassavetes
- 2008-07-16
How to write a character speaking in broken English when the rest of the book is in regular English? Advice. I am translating my aunt's trilogy and the main character is meant to speak very poor English, as demonstrated in a few parts where he travels to England (most of the book is set in Sweden).
19. Juli 2007 · The movie, written and directed by Zoe Cassavetes (daughter of director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands ), is about a woman with a knack for trusting untrustworthy men.
So, best suggestion I would have for you, is first, define the native language of the character. You don't necessarily have to create an entire language, but at least develop the details, such as which sounds are common, or uncommon, and how the sentence structure is formed. Then determine how those language rules would translate into English.
In literature, broken English is often used to depict the foreignness of a character, or that character's lack of intelligence or education. However, poets have also intentionally used broken English to create a desired artistic impression, or as a creative experiment writing somewhere between standard English and a local language or ...
