FA+
Shop
6224
Views
Views
525
Favorites
Favorites
Category
All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 752 x 686
File Size 315.5 kB
Report this content
★
More from o-kemono
Listed in Folders
Life's A Chibi: Lost in Translation
Have you ever been brought into a group conversation by a friend or relative, but are speaking in a language you don't fully understand? Everyone around you is speaking a unique language and you hardly understand any of it. You just remain still, listening to unique tongues, wondering what they are talking about. Maybe they are talking about something that you have an interest in, but you can't get a word in because you don't know exactly what they are talking about. A secret? Political discussion? Common news? A joke? Social media? A common topic that you can relate to?
They make gestures towards you and you even catch your name being spoken and past around within the constant flow of foreign words. They talk about you, but refuse to speak in the language you know or lack the translation from one ear to another. Are they talking something personal about you? A joke, compliment or an insult? You don't know because no one tells you why they spoke your name several times in the conversation.
When they are done talking, they turn to you, awaiting you to voice your own thoughts or opinion on the untranslated conversation they were just talking about. You remain silent, not wanting to blurt out something random that has no ties with their conversation or topic. You don't want to come off as in idiot or embarrass yourself.
There are thousand spoken languages throughout the world and everyone is entitled to their mother's language. Some know only one language. Others know more than 3 and beyond. If you bring a friend over into a conversation or topic that your friend doesn't fully understand, and you talk about him/her in that unique language using their name and/or gesturing towards them, it is best to speak the language your friend understands. The last thing you wish to do is insult your friend by trying to bring him into a conversation or topic that he/she clearly doesn't understand.
Communication is important to any social group. Speak in any language you wish as long as EVERYONE within that communication circle understands what you are saying. Translate if you must in order for that one person to be included in the group.
artwork © 2016 Alex Cockburn
They make gestures towards you and you even catch your name being spoken and past around within the constant flow of foreign words. They talk about you, but refuse to speak in the language you know or lack the translation from one ear to another. Are they talking something personal about you? A joke, compliment or an insult? You don't know because no one tells you why they spoke your name several times in the conversation.
When they are done talking, they turn to you, awaiting you to voice your own thoughts or opinion on the untranslated conversation they were just talking about. You remain silent, not wanting to blurt out something random that has no ties with their conversation or topic. You don't want to come off as in idiot or embarrass yourself.
There are thousand spoken languages throughout the world and everyone is entitled to their mother's language. Some know only one language. Others know more than 3 and beyond. If you bring a friend over into a conversation or topic that your friend doesn't fully understand, and you talk about him/her in that unique language using their name and/or gesturing towards them, it is best to speak the language your friend understands. The last thing you wish to do is insult your friend by trying to bring him into a conversation or topic that he/she clearly doesn't understand.
Communication is important to any social group. Speak in any language you wish as long as EVERYONE within that communication circle understands what you are saying. Translate if you must in order for that one person to be included in the group.
artwork © 2016 Alex Cockburn
Category All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 752 x 686px
File Size 315.5 kB
Listed in Folders
There is a word for that; Esoteric. And yes it seems every hobby, interest or vocation has it's own lexicon and it's quite easy to forget that the new guy in the corner hasn't heard the lingo. I think almost everyone has been on both sides of this one at least once in life. I know I can totally relate X3
ese momento en el que tu conocimiento del alemán no es suficiente .w.''
i barely grasp the basics of german and french >w<'''
I'm pretty good at spanish (mother tongue) and english tho :3
Languages are a pretty cool thing to learn, i just need some consistence, i tend to drop them after a few classes X333
i barely grasp the basics of german and french >w<'''
I'm pretty good at spanish (mother tongue) and english tho :3
Languages are a pretty cool thing to learn, i just need some consistence, i tend to drop them after a few classes X333
kinda had this happen especially when i was a kid and i wasn't speaking italian back then.
ended up learning italian with TV and listening to them because i hated the situation sincerely.
now it generally happens every time we are in germany.
thata's why when we have friends that don't speak english i still make it a point to talk with the friend with us that doesn't speak french. to not leave him alone.
or i spend the time to actually translate the conversation even.
ended up learning italian with TV and listening to them because i hated the situation sincerely.
now it generally happens every time we are in germany.
thata's why when we have friends that don't speak english i still make it a point to talk with the friend with us that doesn't speak french. to not leave him alone.
or i spend the time to actually translate the conversation even.
Also, as it pertains to this incident; I used to work at a place and a new girl joined us in the breakroom. She and a long time friend of mine spoke in Russian, as they were both natives of the Motherland. Occasionally my friend would nod towards me, they would giggle and keep talking. This made me mad and I gave my long time friend the cold shoulder for a while, until she finally asked me why I was mad at her. Turns out they weren't gossiping about me and that my friend was explaining to the new girl that if she needed a reliable friend, or someone to ask for help that she should come to me. Naturally, I ended up looking like a dick for jumped to the conclusion that they were talking bad about me.
This has happened to me a few times. I felt bad afterwards because I couldn't contribute to the conversation, but they could have been speaking about me. At work, sometimes foreign people speak their native tongue and I never know if they are talking about me or not. Everyone is entitled to their own languages, but it can be rather hard to get in on conversations with people who use a language you cannot understand.
know the feeling as either in the different languages or just as in the others talking about an subject wich knows nothing about, so there one just stands slight confused and Little down since of trying to figure out what to say and sutch since of not wanting to seem/feel dumb
Both my mom and I have had this happen to us--Mom when her new inlaws were all talking in Dutch (and all at once), me at a birthday party when all my friend's OTHER friends were in a French Immersion school (I'm Canadian). My mom doesn't speak Dutch, and I don't speak French. Oh, and both times, the others were capable of speaking in English. I was actually lectured for not singing "Bon Fete a Tois" (or however the francophones spell it).
This is going to be lost down here buuuuttttt... This happens with more than just languages. If you aren't part of the "in" group and are listening or want to contribute to a conversation that you jave little knowledge about, it is nearly impossible to talk to them. Even if you do know it and contribute, if you wheren't part of the group you can seem like a "knowitall" or just annoying. Social communication is complex and confusing... I could never learn it :(
Ah yes, the moment you meet a friend and his/her other relative, but they speak that one language you don't speak
I actually surprise some people when they speak on my back a certain subject in another language, to finally answer them to the very same tongue (The ton of things you learn by only knowing Spanish!)
But hey, it also remind me of my younger times when I discovered the internet and Deviantart at the time...English was my nightmare at the time!
I actually surprise some people when they speak on my back a certain subject in another language, to finally answer them to the very same tongue (The ton of things you learn by only knowing Spanish!)
But hey, it also remind me of my younger times when I discovered the internet and Deviantart at the time...English was my nightmare at the time!
I've had something similar happen... I was visiting a teacher in his office and after a bit of chat, some other students came by and started talking about comics and anime. I'm not very familiar with either (tho I have seen some anime) and they talk so much about it, feels like they speak another language. I can't understand what they say and get confused, and more often than not I find myself just leaving the room and nobody notices.
My wife comes from a fairly small family - single mom, only child, family distant - and married into mine. Aunts, uncles, cousins abound and my parents and most of my grandparents still living. She gets lost sometimes, because I grew up around all these people, the shorthand and shared experiences can make for an odd barrier, even if it's technically the same language.
Ive been guilty of this many times... Speaking in Japanese to friends while another cannot understand (although to be fair, they had poor understanding of English). It was rather small talk, which why we didn't feel the need to translate, but it was rather rude of us. The English speaker wouldn't have a clue whatever it was about. On the other hand, I'm not very fluent anyhow, so I'll only go so far in understanding. ^^'
Although this is about different languages, from the fact I'm poor at socialization and communicating, even a mere conversation feels like another language.
Although this is about different languages, from the fact I'm poor at socialization and communicating, even a mere conversation feels like another language.
Every group conversation ever. Even if they are speaking English and I think i understand, I'm not really included, inside jokes, talking over me if I do speak up, and all. I really have no idea how groups of friends form in the first place, but joining them is impossible once they are entrenched like this.
I know how this feels. My boyfriend is Filipino and I spent some time around his family and sometimes, speaking to him; I'd usually be standing beside him, they'd slip into Filipino and talk amongst themselves pointing at me, saying my name and laughing and because I'm already self conscious enough, I sometimes think they're making fun of me. He later explains that they were teasing him but I thank god that he understands and can translate for me.
I'm sure he feels the same with me because my parents speak Serbian and will come into my room sometimes when he's there and ask what we're doing, in Serbian.
We both later caught on what each family was saying, him better than me.
I'm sure he feels the same with me because my parents speak Serbian and will come into my room sometimes when he's there and ask what we're doing, in Serbian.
We both later caught on what each family was saying, him better than me.
How to fix this:
- Follow the conversation and try to fit in
- Come up with a new topic
- Mention that you don't understand the topic
- Tell that you feel left out
- Kill your friends and get new ones
- Who needs friends?
- Loathe about your existence because you didn't learn social communication
- Learn social communication
- ???
- Profit
- Follow the conversation and try to fit in
- Come up with a new topic
- Mention that you don't understand the topic
- Tell that you feel left out
- Kill your friends and get new ones
- Who needs friends?
- Loathe about your existence because you didn't learn social communication
- Learn social communication
- ???
- Profit
Story of my life, as a deaf furry.
I've got a handful of friends who know sign language, but for most part I usually communicate with people VIA writing or texting on an electronic device.
I get left out in a lot of conversations involving some friends who doesn't use sign language.
It can be pretty hurtful at times.
I've got a handful of friends who know sign language, but for most part I usually communicate with people VIA writing or texting on an electronic device.
I get left out in a lot of conversations involving some friends who doesn't use sign language.
It can be pretty hurtful at times.
Comments