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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2016-03-07 01:07 pm
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An interesting question


Claire asked Ann Leckie:
Hello. I wondered if you were aware of the fact that in the french translation of Ancillary, Breq is male ?

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[identity profile] ritaxis.livejournal.com 2016-03-07 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
English short u is always rendered with A. This is because that's a good rendering of our short u sound.
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[identity profile] megazver.livejournal.com 2016-03-07 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not how his name, or the word it's derived from, is pronounced, though.
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