Suppose you have a fic set somewhere far away--say, an alien planet, or colony thereof, or even the distant Earth country of madeupistan.
All the dialogue is in this "language", right? So, usually, one would just type it all as English and let the reader assume it's really Ancient Bambalonian or what-have-you. But then, suppose an actual English Speaker travels to Madeupis---Mars. If the POV is that of a non-English speaker, how would you depict each speaker's language?
And then what if someone curses? Original language with accompanying translation? ("FLH*Y DEHGF!" He said in my language, and I wondered how he knew that about my mother) or just played straight ("Your Mother Rasies Hamsters In Berlin!" He said in my language, and I wondered how he knew that about my mother.)
Thoughts?
