: Re: How to write dialogue for someone who is intelligent but barely speaks the language? I have a character who is a refugee from another country. She comes to the protagonist, and they have a

Avoid direct speech. Use lots of indirect speech instead.

X tried to explain to Y how his approach to perform vector multiplication in five-dimensional hyperbolic space was flawed. But without having the necessary vocabulary it was quite difficult for X to bring her point across.
Y seemed sceptical and asked X whether she actually had a real degree in mathematics or if the university in her home country just gave degrees to anyone.
X tried to tell him that her math degree was genuine and that the academic prerequisites for obtaining it in her home country were in no way inferior to those here. But Y apparently didn't want to hear any of it and started shouting. X didn't understand most of it, but she recognized some of the phrases she also heard from the protesters in front of the refugee camp.

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