The dialects make my head hurt sometimes. Like, I can understand Puerto Ricans 100% of the time but I only understand Spain Spanish about 70%. It's frustrating.
If this is Jay's POV then, as he doesn't speak the language, his ear wouldn't be trained to understand the individual words anyway. It would all run together into nonsense for him. If your story is third person omniscient, then you could pull it off but if you've got Jay as your imperfect narrator, then you're boned anyway.
I think a few quick, well known phrases would be fine. If you need any help with translations I might be able to help a bit. However, once again, the slang I know is Puerto Rican slang. I have a friend who knows the Mexican stuff. She would be THRILLED to make me speak with her in Spanish. D:
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Date: 2009-12-20 02:32 am (UTC)If this is Jay's POV then, as he doesn't speak the language, his ear wouldn't be trained to understand the individual words anyway. It would all run together into nonsense for him. If your story is third person omniscient, then you could pull it off but if you've got Jay as your imperfect narrator, then you're boned anyway.
I think a few quick, well known phrases would be fine. If you need any help with translations I might be able to help a bit. However, once again, the slang I know is Puerto Rican slang. I have a friend who knows the Mexican stuff. She would be THRILLED to make me speak with her in Spanish. D: