The Translation Games have become a fixed feature in our international issues. This year, we found a wonderful Drabble that fits the theme. We asked around in the big old orange world of Wattpad for translators and let them translate the story. You can find the results distributed throughout this issue. But let's start with the original (audio version in the chapter header).
Dinner Date
By sdvale
It comes from the space between worlds to destroy. Elegant, tentacled, sublime in power, slithering up the stairs. Quiet house, quiet night. It smells their humanness, their fragile blood-pumping hearts. Where have they gone?
Another smell distracts from the hunt. Tantalizing, teasing, utterly alluring. A plate on the counter and on it—another tentacled creature? Pale, thin, knotted, smothered in red and pulverized meat as though it has torn apart the humans, then soaked in the glorious mess.
It can't read the note that says: Spaghetti Night!
Excitement thrills through the destroyer. Or is it bloodlust? Rage? No... it's love.
Illustration by the amazing derimides
And these are the translations to look out for — if your language isn't represented, drop us a comment below, and we will ask you to join the games next year!
Thousand thanks to all the wonderful translators who joined in the fun!
Spanisch by LynnS13
Hindi by Nablai
Turkish by mensemortuis
Bengali by Shreya_VA
Hebrew by AmoraTheEnchantres
Kiswahili by Lujayna
Serbian by EvelynHail
German by matzeztam
Urdu by Anna_Enchant
Arabic by alamiry
Portuguese by goncalobooks
Armenian by melaniesargsian
Afrikaans by xxRazmatazxx
Dutch by NDeMeer
Swiss German by jinnis
Italian by GabrielleFortescue23
Hawaiian by skidzipop
Russian by galaru57
French by angerbda
Azerbaijani by mensemortuis
Polish by Aleksander_Abajev
Filipino by clumatic
Vietnamese by VyNguyn1204
Romanian by Sour_n_sweet
And as a supplement angerbda brings us Klingon, Vulcan, Braille, Morse, Yoda-ish, Glitch, Aurabesh, Minion, Doop, GunGan, Mirror, Modern Martian, Mankaysh, Sith, Romulan, Mandalorian, Cheunh/Chiss, Huttese, Punch Card, and 1337.
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