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Topic : Re: How to convey that the POV character *does not understand* what's said in dialogue? The general advice is often to focus on the content of what's said in dialogue and just write it in the - selfpublishingguru.com

Kevin153

: Re: How to convey that the POV character does not understand what's said in dialogue? The general advice is often to focus on the content of what's said in dialogue and just write it in the

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I would refine the advice thus: Translate the viewpoint character's experience into the language of the reader.

That is, if the viewpoint character hears gibberish, you translate the experience of hearing gibberish into the reader's language.

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