MultiLingYule

[morbane]

This mini-challenge is for works in languages other than English.

Maybe fanworks in your first language are a rare beast and you'd love to connect with a fellow speaker who's also a fellow fan.

Maybe you're learning a new language and getting a gift in it would be the most delightful way to work on your own fluency.

Maybe you just want to talk about how much you love conlangs and invite someone to incorporate conlangs into your gift.

MultiLingYule* is an opt-in challenge similar to Crueltide and Interactive Fiction. Comment here to let people know

-if you are interested in receiving gifts in languages other than English
-what languages those are
-what you're prompting (link your letter)
-any other useful notes.

With a Mod Hat On

On the requesting side: if you would be happy if a gift in a different language were your only gift, please also note this in the optional details of your sign-up form. This prevents mod panic when we go to check assignments and need to figure out if someone can actually read their gift!

On the writing** side: unless someone has clearly indicated that a non-English work would suit as their only gift, gifts of that kind need be posted in Yuletide Madness, regardless of length. Works can only go in the main collection if they fulfil all the same requirements as an assigned gift.

Similarly, someone may be delighted to get a gift in a language you've just started to learn, and connect with you over enthusiasm for that language, but if you're posting a gift in the Main rather than the Madness collection, it should probably be in a language you're either fluent in or can call on fluent help for.

On the (tangential) beta side, people who can check text snippets, lines of dialogue, etc, in multiple languages are extremely valuable and appreciated, and if you can offer this service, please consider doing so when the beta post goes up.


*I think credit is due to Rosencrantz for the title
**or maybe there could be sign language works! or something else! Who knows!

Comments

[estirose]

I'm Estirose here and on AO3!

Along with English, I'd be fine with:
Main: Esperanto for The Expression Amrilato only.
Madness: Either Esperanto or Swedish for any of my requested fandoms. (Fandoms: Cozy Grove, The Expression Amrilato, Fantasy Life, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, The Tomorrow People (1992).)

(I speak some Esperanto and a little bit of Swedish, so working on both and would be delighted to see either.)

https://estirose.dreamwidth.org/732511.html

[event_kosch]

Hi! I'm Koschei_B on ao3

Besides English,
I'll be happy to receive a fic in Russian as the main gift,
or fic in Russian, French, or Chinese as a madness fic

I'm fluent in Russian and am learning French and Mandarin Chinese at the moment :)

I've requested:
Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan - any nominated (Saiki Kusuo, Saiki Kusuke, Akechi Touma, Teruhashi Makoto)
Ascendance of a Bookworm - any nominated (Myne, Benno, Ferdinand, Worldbuilding)
World Trigger - Hyuse, Yuichi Jin
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P2LiOumF9NoT2c1-0Dh4MfdkuMXbrIe5hKP88Fsu_wI/edit?usp=sharing

[grayswandir]

Hi! I'm Grayswandir (gothic_gray).

I'm very excited to see this mini-challenge, because two of my requested canons are in Cantonese, and one of them is only in Cantonese (there's no English sub), and I would be delighted to receive fic in Chinese for either of them!

I'd be happy with a story in Chinese as my main gift. :D Shorter treats in Madness are of course very welcome as well!

Letter link!

Fandoms:

• 鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984)
• 老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (Hong Kong 1983)

Languages:

• Standard written Chinese (標準漢語 | 繁體字)
• Colloquial Cantonese (口語的粵語 | 繁體字)

Notes: I'm a learner, but I've been studying Cantonese for a few years and can understand the spoken language fairly well. I don't know Mandarin, but I can read standard written Chinese as long as it's in traditional characters. And — though I know it's a long shot to request — I can also read vernacular Cantonese-style writing, and would love to see more AO3 fics under the "中文－廣東話粵語" language tag!

[rodo]

Hi, I'm Rodo.

Fandom: Raumpatrouille Orion
Language: German

If you're German and interested but haven't watched the series yet: it's only seven episodes, and last I checked, it was on Netflix in Germany.

My letter: https://rodo.dreamwidth.org/121451.html

[scansionictus]

Username: ictus
Language opt-in: French as a main gift
Fandom: Zone Blanche | Black Spot (TV)
Letter: See here!

[idan]

Letter: here
Fandoms:

Wolfwalkers
Hellfire – annapantsu and Yamz Animatics
Borzoi and Xoloitzcuintli centaurs – ink-the-artist
The Left Hand of Darkness

Languages:

English
Polish
French

I'd love to receive Madness treats in languages other than English for all of my fandoms, but I'd prefer if my main gift was in English if you're writing for Wolfwalkers or TLHoD.

[ungefug]

Letter: here
Language: German
Fandom: Specifically "19th Century CE Bavaria RPF" would be suited to it, I am open to German fic with the other fandoms too with exception of "Polar Exploration RPF" and "Blood Meridian: or The Evening Redness in the West - Cormac McCarthy" (unless the Judge speaks German for some reason such as setting change, I don't want a babelfish'd American setting).

[xmarksthespotwhereistand]

I signed up as aninfiniteweirdo.
My mother tongue is hungarian and i haven't read a fic in Hungarian in ages but i trust you (general gesture towards Yuletide community).
My letter is here.
Look, if anything in my letter inspires you to write something in Hungarian, that's wild and i will probably have to write you a fic in answer. (That's not a promise, though, just a prediction.)

[nonexistentwench]

Hello! Here is my letter containing requests for Romeo and Juliet, Jerusalem Delivered/La Gerusalemme liberata and The Cabin in the woods: https://nonexistentwench.dreamwidth.org/2206.html

I'm open to Italian for main and to Russian (currently learning) for madness/treats!

[lleullawgyffes]

hi! I'm Lleu on AO3.

Fandoms: Elemental Logic (Laurie J. Marks), Dragonriders of Pern (Anne McCaffrey), Coming Out on Top, Titan A.E., Pacific Rim: The Black
Main gift languages: Spanish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Welsh (I know these are a truly off-chance but you never know!)
Madness languages: the above or also French, German, Italian, or Portuguese (I can read these comfortably and enjoy things in them but don't get quite as much pleasure from doing so)
Letter: here

[xslytherclawx]

I'm xslytherclawx on ao3

letter link

Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Good Bye Lenin!, A League of Extraordinary Women - Evie Dunmore, Oliver Appropriate - Say Anything (Album), Seducing the Sedgwicks - Cat Sebastian
Main Gift Languages: German, French
Madness Languages: German, French - and if it's like a drabble or comic or something short then Russian is also great! (I'd say I'm more toward conversational in Russian, but I can absolutely read shorter things!)

Obviously, Good Bye Lenin! is the obvious choice here, but don't feel limited by original language for me!

[liriaen]

Hello, I'm liriaen, here and on ao3.

Letter link

Fandoms: Cesare (manga), 8th century CE RPF (Court of Charlemagne), Rome (TV Series 2005)
Main Gift Languages: English, German, French, Dutch
Madness Languages: English, German, French, Dutch

All welcome :D

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, I'm Ginada on AO3 (same name on the Discord server)

Fandom(s): Ravneringene | The Raven Rings - Siri Pettersen (a Norwegian fantasy trilogy), Drei Kameraden | Three Comrades - Erich Maria Remarque (a German novel) and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Video Game)

Main Gift Languages:: German, English
Madness Languages: German, English, French, Hausa (so far I'm the only one who posted something in Hausa on AO3, but one can hope), for Drabbles also Russian and Hindi.

I love languages and to see more of them on the archive, so I'd be also delighted to receive gifts on other languages (but I will need a translation to understand them).

[larissabernstein]

AO3 Name: larissabernstein
Letter Link: My Letter
Fandom(s): Dance of the Vampires (Broadway version 2002/03) - Steinman/Ives/Kunze
Character(s): any
Languages: Apart from English, I read German, Hebrew, Yiddish, French, Italian - and all fluently enough to enjoy fic. If you want to write me a treat in any of those, I'd be overjoyed! For my main gift, I'd prefer English, German, or Yiddish.
Comment: Out of my three requests this year I think Dance of the Vampires would be best suited for fic in languages other than English. (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is too British imho to work in any other language, and Condorman's main character is very American.) DOTV's Giovanni von Krolock is polyglot himself (even if we only get to hear his faux Italian accent in the Broadway version), and we can assume that this vampire count travelled the world. I headcanon he is at least fluent in German and Italian. Sarah is certainly fluent in Yiddish and might know a little Hebrew too (though it is probably more for religious purposes, and certainly old-fashioned compared to modern Hebrew). So if you want to have fun with this, please go ahead - I'll love it!

[(Anonymous)]

Ao3 username: qkind

This is a long shot, but I've been learning Irish for 2 years and I'd love a treat in Irish! Specifically for The Young Offenders. Prompts in my letter (http://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRLPpXPkAkr30WzB6IpUlBBwAoFwkiB4f2dWf7GG8JIrefFmEuIb4GsKpjs_4SKW__pnsc0d1a0U_xt/pub).

[laireshi]

AO3 name: laireshi
Letter: here on DW
Fandoms: Grave Robbers' Chronicles, Ultimate Note, The Lost Tomb 2
Language: Spanish, Polish (I'm fluent in both); Korean (I...used to be intermediate, but it's probably on the lower end of it now--I'd love a chance to practice)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm Miss_M on AO3 (https://archiveofourown.org/users/Miss_M/profile).

I'd be delighted to receive a fic in Serbian/Croatian/really any variety of what used to be called Serbo-Croatian.

My requests are: Jutro će promeniti sve | Morning Changes Everything (TV), Oficir s ružom | The Officer with a Rose (1987), Бeсa ǀ Besa (TV)

Letter: https://miss-m-calling.tumblr.com/post/665067360855670784/yuletide-2021-letter

Man spricht Deutsch

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, I'm elektra121 and would be very happy to receive fics in German (even if it is the only fic I receive) - since not only is German my Native language, but all my requested fandoms are German literature ones. ;)

Here the link to my letter:
https://elektra121.tumblr.com/post/665875265569914880/dear-yuletide-writer-2021

[starfishstar]

Hi, I'm starfishstar!

Requested fandoms: Call Me By Your Name (2017), Seraphina – Rachel Hartman, Graceling Realm Series – Kristin Cashore, Fleabag (TV), John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
Letter: https://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/120515.html

Main Gift Languages: German
Madness Languages: German, Yiddish, Icelandic (or possibly other Scandinavian languages), Thai

Comments: I'm fluent in German, so I'm happy to get a gift in German in either the Main or Madness collections! Yiddish I don't actually speak, beyond a bit of this-is-what-my-great-grandparents-spoke osmosis, BUT I can read Hebrew/Yiddish letters, and I speak German, and I've taken one semester of Yiddish so I've got a tiny grasp on grammar – it's slow, but if I take my time I can pretty much make sense of written Yiddish. Similar for Icelandic – I speak it at only a very beginner's level, but between the vocab I do know, and the grammatical similarity to German, with the help of a dictionary I can puzzle my way through! Much the same for other Scandinavian languages, given the similarity to Icelandic (and the little bit of Swedish I learned in the past). Thai I spoke fairly well when I lived there, but that was 20 years ago and I've unfortunately retained very little at this point. But if it's something short (perhaps a drabble?) and fairly simple language, I could figure it out!

[imamedia]

AO3 name: huffieimma
Letter: https://imamedia.dreamwidth.org/2705.html
fandom: Don Quijote de la Mancha - Miguel de Cervantes
languages: Spanish

Hi! I'm a native Spanish speaker and I think it'd be cool if someone who is fluent in peninsular Spanish, particularly of the time period if writing canon era fic, or modern if writing modern/other era AU, wanted to write Don Quijote fic in Spanish :D

[melannen]

melannen
http://melannen.dreamwidth.org/tags/fandom:yuletide
Fandoms: Astielle, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Casablanca, Rock Candy Mountain, Loki:Agent of Asgard, Boxcar Children
Madness: Spanish

Yo leo mejor que escribo en español, pero me gusta leer fanfiction para practicar. Si usted escribe un regalo para mi, te daré un commentario muy agradecido y muy mal escrito.

[acequeenking]

Languages: Spanish, Italian (for either main gift or madness)
Fandoms: A Discovery of Witches, Hadestown, Hercules, Lore Olympus, the Mary Tyler Moore show
Letters: Está aqui || È qui.

Español: Lo siento, pero mi carta de yuletide está en inglés. Una traducción de Google Translate está disponible aquí. ¡Felices fiestas! Gracias por leerlo.

Italiano: Mi dispiace ma la mia lettera della yuletide è in inglese. Una traduzione da Google Translate è disponibile qui. Buone Feste! Grazie per averlo letto.