MultiLingYule

[morbane]

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

Maybe there are very few fanworks in your first, second, etc language, 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 a delightful way to improve your fluency.

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

The possibilities are multi-ple!

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; if you don't have a letter, you can link your prompts on the app after requests are revealed)
-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 creation 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 either be in a language you're fluent in or in a language you 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.

Comments

[larryhammer]

Since one of my requests, 木蘭辭 | Mùlán Shī | Ballad of Mulan, is in Chinese, and is something I've painstakingly translated, I would be delighted by a treat for it in Chinese. Er, in Mandarin, not the Classical Chinese of the original -- my reading facility in 普通话 is not rapid but it's better than my 古文.

My prompt for 木兰辞 is in my letter: https://larryhammer.dreamwidth.org/820094.html.

[lastofbarrettsprivateers]

Hi! I would be interested in receiving gifts in Spanish. I am requesting Don Quijote, but I would be happy in receiving Spanish-language fic for any of my fandoms!

My letter is here: https://lastofbarrettsprivateers.dreamwidth.org/1750.html

[kitkaos]

Since my first language is German, I'm definitely okay with either German or English gifts for any of my requested fandoms. I'm also currently trying to read a little more French again, although I'm more on the learner's side here, so treats in French are great, though a lot of wordplay will probably be lost on me. :)

You can find my letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iGH69BpaRaaiB8N6enehiyvJZpdSuCP9Vb1RhdDwuzE/edit?usp=sharing

Requested fandoms:
- Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
- Much Ado About Nothing (2011)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Young Justice (2019 Comics)
- Zerophilia (2006)

[claire_cz]

I'd love to receive a fic in German, Czech or Italian.

It would be so cool to find a fellow Czech fan! I also think there could be some German speaking fans of Kommissar Rex (but could be of any other requested fandom).
And about Italian ... I'm still learning so some complicated deep thoughts or wordplays could be a bit tricky for me to understand but I'll do my best!

My requests are:
- Judge Dee Mysteries - Robert van Gulik
- Kommissar Rex / Inspector Rex
- Ocean's Eleven Trilogy (movies)
- Pole Vault RPF
- SEAL Team (TV)
- The Diplomat (TV US 2023)

Here is my letter: https://claire-cz.dreamwidth.org/2023/10/15/

[skyeventide]

I'd love to get anything in German, Italian, or French.

Letter: https://skyeventide.dreamwidth.org/5526.html

Fandoms:
Dragonlance, Weis&Hickman
Watership Down, Richard Adams
Doktor Faustus, Thomas Mann
Third Crusade RPF
Don Carlos, Schiller
Faust, Goethe

[birdylion]

I'd be happy to receive my main gift in English, French and German.
I'd be happy to receive treats in Polish and Bulgarian.

Requested fandoms:
- Mass Effect:Annihilation
- The Memoirs of Lady Trent
- Life is Strange: True Colors

Letter: https://birdylion.dreamwidth.org/2023/10/13/

[rosehiptea]

I'd love to receive a treat in German, as I'm on an intermediate level and fairly good at reading. My fandoms this year are all Kdramas, but sadly I don't speak nearly enough Korean to read a fic in that language. But if there's a German-speaking Kdrama fan out there who wants to write me something so I can have fun and practice my German that would be awesome.

Letter: https://rosehiptea.dreamwidth.org/287929.html

Fandoms:

Good Doctor (Korea TV)
My Love From the Star (Korea TV 2014)
Clean With Passion For Now
Poong the Joseon Psychiatrist

[writerkit]

I would enjoy treats in French, which I am attempting to practice.

Fandoms are:
Ghost Whisperer
Green Hornet (TV Series)
October Daye series

Letter is here: https://writerkit.dreamwidth.org/478003.html

[(Anonymous)]

El_Wayne
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mIPXDn344pCz6sPygG0xaTpsAq3sIRWzavQuloeRN5A/edit?usp=sharing

Should you, esteemed Yuletide Writer, want to write in German instead of English, then I'm definitely okay with that. I'm fluent in both, so whichever you feel more comfortable with.

Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)
Hal Jordan (GL:BMP), Oliver Queen (GL:BMP)

DC vs. Vampires (Comic 2021)
Barry Allen (DC vs. Vampires), Hal Jordan (DC vs. Vampires), Oliver Queen (DC vs. Vampires), Dick Grayson (DC vs. Vampires)

Black Adam (Movie 2022)
Black Adam | Teth-Adam (Black Adam (Movie 2022)), Carter Hall | Hawkman (Black Adam (Movie 2022)), Clark Kent | Superman (Black Adam (Movie 2022)), Kent Nelson | Dr. Fate (Black Adam (Movie 2022))

Dark Knights of Steel (DC Comics 2021)
Alfred (Dark Knights of Steel (DC Comics 2021)), Bruce (Dark Knights of Steel (DC Comics 2021)), Jor-El (Dark Knights of Steel (DC Comics 2021)), Kal-El (Dark Knights of Steel (DC Comics 2021))

[(Anonymous)]

I am learning French and would be very happy with treats en français.

the_alchemist
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OTqFQtRlvtr4dLssMCiHvUgQi38aGm-WBuAOl3onk5M/edit?pli=1#heading=h.wxj0vs6h2md8

The First Law - Joe Abercrombie
Sand dan Glokta

Cabaret - Kander/Ebb
Emcee (Cabaret)

Moby Dick - Herman Melville
Captain Ahab (Moby Dick)

Henry VI - Shakespeare
Richard III of England (Henry VI - Shakespeare)

[alley_skywalker]

I would enjoy receiving a gift/treat in Russian ❤

Letter: https://alley-skywalker.livejournal.com/247090.html

Requested Fandoms:
Тайны дворцовых переворотов | Secrets of the Palace Revolutions
Екатерина | Catherine (2014)
18th Century CE Russian Nobility RPF

[laireshi]

I'd love to get something in Spanish^^

laireshi on ao3
Letter:
https://laireshi.dreamwidth.org/84475.html
Fandoms:
Licanius Series - James Islington
Alaris (Licanius), Caeden | Tal'kamar | Aarkein Devaed (Licanius)
Shades of Magic - V. E. Schwab
Holland Vosijk
구미호뎐 | Tale of the Nine Tailed (TV)
Lee Yeon, Cheon Mu Young (Tale of the Nine Tailed), Ryu Hong Ju

[giediprime]

I'd love to receive a gift or a treat in English or German (for any of the translated works, that is) since the latter is one of my native tongues!

You can find me under Tanz_der_Salome.

Here is my letter.

My requested fandoms are:
Ancient Egyptian Religion – Set
Bartimaeus Sequence – Ammet, Faquarl, Honorius, Khaba
Godslave – Djehuty, Edith, Heru, Set
Jupiter Ascending – Balem Abrasax, Kalique Abrasax, Seraphi Abrasax
New Kingdom of Egypt RPF – Hatshepsut, Meritaten, Nefertiti, Senenmut
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Gray Baird

[acequeenking]

English is my native language, but I would love to receive treats in Italian or Spanish, both of which I'm intermediate-expert level of reading.

My Ao3 ID is acequeenking.

Here is my letter.

Requested fandoms and characters:
* A Discovery of Witches (Gerbert, Juliette, Ysabeau)
* Hadestown (Hades, Persephone)
* Moulin Rouge! (Satine, Toulouse-Latrec, Ziegler)

[quailfence]

Hello! I would be interested in reciving treats in Spanish
Letter
Fandoms: But I'm A Cat Person, Dracula, Pokemon Horizons, Game of Rassilon, Leif & Thorn, Doctor Who (TV Movie 1996)

[aranciata]

I would be so happy to receive treats in French!

I am requesting:
One Piece (Live Action 2023)
Super 8 (2011)
Klute (1971)
Nancy Drew (TV 2019)
The Bear (TV 2022)

My letter: Here

Merci!

[mary_the_gardener]

I would appreciate a gift in Italian (my mother tongue), French (I'm fluent in it), Spanish (I stubbornly pretend to know the language and read on lol), or Russian (currently learning this one, so please nothing too long).

What I enjoy when reading in those languages is how they all have formal pronouns ( while English lacks them).

Here's my letter, and these are my requested fandoms:

Los Espejos Venecianos - Joan Manuel Gisbert
Avril Lavigne & Collaborators RPF
Анна – Детективъ | Detective Anna (TV)
My So-Called Life
Серебряные коньки | The Silver Skates (2020)

[alteregon]

I would be happy about a Bellman Noir gift in Swedish.
For treats I am happy to have anything in German, Dutch/Flemish, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Portuguese, Icelandic (and, theoretically, though I don't think any of the fandoms lend themselves to this, Latin).

AO3: AlterEgon
Letter: https://alteregon.dreamwidth.org/2694.html

Fandoms are
Snowpiercer (2013)
Bellman Noir
Recovery (2007)
Hogan's Heroes
Dragonlance
Wiseguy

[xslytherclawx]

While I've requested all English-language canons this year, I'd love to receive anything in German or French! (also very open to some use of Ukrainian or Russian for Alex for the Cabots, but I cannot read an entire fic in either)

AO3: xslytherclawx
Letter

Fandoms:
The Cabots - Cat Sebastian
The End of the Fucking World (TV)
A League of Extraordinary Women - Evie Dunmore
Lizzie McGuire
Mad Men
Seducing the Sedgwicks - Cat Sebastian

[pikkugen]

Oh, there's this one too? Next year I'll be sure to opt in sooner, but if anyone wants to treat, I can read Finnish, French, Spanish and Swedish, and my fandoms are:

The Cybernetic Tea Shop - Meredith Katz
They See What We Do Not See - Otto Mäkilä
Onfim of Novgorod - 13th Century Russia RPF
Matthew Shardlake series - C. J. Sansom

My letter: https://pikkugen.dreamwidth.org/146752.html

[glitterpig]

How exciting! I'd love to receive a gift in French. I'm requesting one French fandom (Le Visiteur du Futur) and would be happy to receive French-language fic for any of my fandoms!

My letter is here: https://glitterpig.dreamwidth.org/2624.html

[tigerlily]

Spanish is my first language, and I'd love to receive works in it! My letter is here.

Fandoms:
Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi Canavan
Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Wheel of Time (TV)

[landofspaceandrainbows]

I know this is rather late, so it's ok if I don't end up with any, but for the Madness collection, I would be totally cool with receiving little treats in other languages. I'm not equally fluent in all of these, but always welcome learning opportunities!

Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian, German, Russian, Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese.

Also if you wanted to do, like, ancient greek or latin, that would be welcome too.

AO3 name: Landofspaceandrainbows (cereus)

My main fandoms of interest:
Lifesteal SMP
Cultist Simulator
Foyle's War
The Hollow Crown/Richard II

Also unofficially, on my letter but not on the main form, I'm also interested in other Shakespeare plays, The Dark is Rising, Renaissance Playwright RPF, and Goethe/Schiller RPF.

My letter is here: https://landofspaceandrainbows.dreamwidth.org/9381.html

Best wishes and GL for the holidays!