Author Topic: Smut-writing discussion // And also general smut discussion  (Read 2953 times)

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Re: Smut-writing discussion
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2015, 12:33:37 pm »
I actually haven't had a problem with the language when I wasn't reading English fanfictions. I think it's just ... you get to know the English words in a better (aka more sensual or erotic) context than the German ones. I just associate less awkwardness with them than with German ones.

And then there are expressions in English that can't be conveyed in German in the same way but fit the image in my head a lot more and that's just frustrating xD On the other hand, I had the same situation when translating from German to English in a non-smut context but well ...