Sue Burke (mount_oregano) wrote,
Sue Burke
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Let me talk to the aliens!

At the That Was Awesome! Writers on Writing Tor blog, I discuss Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life” and why, as a translator, I would love love love to translate aliens, and why I believe in the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

— Sue Burke
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