: Re: Believable (but easy) archaic English Do you know any "shortcuts" to translating passages of my story into believably sounding archaic English? I mean, without taking a full school course? A crash

When used sparingly or in the right context, archaic language can be fun. I won't argue any literary position, but to answer the OP's question about services or rules, incase anyone (or a future visitor) is curious, this is what I found.

Here are a few automated services :

whilstr.org/ http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk lingojam.com/EnglishtoShakespearean http://speakshakespeare.com

Here are some rules :

whilstr.org/rules.html http://dan.tobias.name/frivolity/archaic-grammar.html

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