Chapter Two: Page Six
Page is a day late. APRIL FOOLS, HAHAHA! Hahaha. Ha? No?
Worth a shot.
Just a quick explanation because I know that I would ask if I were the reader here–Yes, these French-speaking characters are going to be slipping in and out of French even though it would make more sense to just keep speaking their first language. But having whole pages in French and then half of it taken up with English translation is not at all aesthetically pleasing, so we can either assume that they are strictly speaking French and the English is there in lieu of full translations (it should be obvious what is going on in these next few pages regardless), or this comic simply went full movie trope and the characters are just trying to impress their imagined audience with the ability to speak two languages.
tl;dr: These dudes are French, and are probably speaking French, but also English was there.
Cheers,
Sarah Anne Davis
(Who is still learning French, so do let her know if she’s accidentally asked to be baptized in dolphin tears.)
Yaay, the French is back! And I can actually help with it, it’s my first language. :) It’s actually super good, except for one word. The proper translation for “good to meet you” is “Heureux de vous rencontrer”. We actually say “happy to meet you” instead of “good”. Can’t see any mistakes in the rest, though, so I’m afraid the dolphin tears will have to wait! (Congratz!)
Also, I love Montague’s expression in that second panel. It’s priceless. XD
I’ll add that another polite form is “Enchanté de faire votre connaissance”, usually shortened to “Enchanté”.
Ahh, good to know! I’ve changed it now. :) Wait for it though, I’m sure to eventually make a hilarious mistake. ;D
Merci beaucoup!
De rien! ;)
So the characters who are familar with each other speak in “english” with each other because that’s the language, we the reader are mostly familiar with (Massive assumption, but hey that’s what I’m here for) and the characters who aren’t familiar with each other speak in a foreign language that helps add to the unfamiliar/foreign aspect of the characters interactions (see above paraenthesis for note about massive assumptions).
Hahahahaha! Good joke!
So… DID Laurent eat his gloomy cupcake while talking? Or was it the first victim of the nefarious cupcake bandit?
Just curious, but you know incase I need this knowledge in the future, how would you ask to be baptized in dolphin tears in French?
I know that in Spanish it’s “Bautizame en las lagrimas de un delphin”
“Je veux être baptisé (“baptisée” if your female) dans des larmes de dauphins”, or “Baptisez-moi dans les larmes d’un dauphin”.
I just know I’ll need this, thanks.