don't! bite your tongue

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Don't! Bite Your Tongue - A Hollanov Writing Event

ABOUT | As of today, 9th of March, the Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov tag on Ao3 contains 21,231 works (wow!) Out of these 21,231 works only 759 are NOT in English. That's a bit less than 3.6%. 3.6% to represent the remaining 50 languages that are available in the Archive's drop-down language menu. This is a truly depressing statistic, especially for a tag where both of the people involved are bilingual. And I guess calling them just bilingual isn't fair, because Ilya isn't just bilingual, his native language is NOT English. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming any of the writers on the tag. The fact that there are so many works in such a small period of time is both remarkable and deeply inspiring. But the fact remains; people simply do not write in their native languages.

I am sure that there are many statistics about this somewhere out there—articles, essays, books dedicated to the English linguistic neo-imperialism and its consequences. (In the course of this event I might even make a bibliography on stuff like that.) Hell, it even makes me feel at least a bit hypocritical organizing this and writing all of my posts in English. Alas, it is how the world works right now and it's true that it is useful. Still, it doesn't make it any less sad to see thousands of new writers being more or less forced to write in another language for their stories to be heard.

And so, I have decided to organize this small event. My aim is to promote writing in one's own native language and create a space where we can all move away from the English-centric world, even for a tiny bit. The title is a play on the expression "bite your tongue", which means "to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say". I found it very fitting considering that a lot of us are led to "bite our tongues" and adapt to a completely different language system and writing culture.

I will soon upload a schedule and some guidelines on how I imagine this event to go. But don't worry, it is meant to be something very chill. There will not be many restrictions or requirements.

So yeah, brainstorm, write, translate, practice, talk to each other! Like and reblog this post, share your thoughts.

Happy writing!

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And a world with fewer languages isn’t only a world with more limited means of communication. It’s also a world with fewer stories and folk tales, fewer hagiographies, fewer poems, myths, and recipes, fewer remedies, fewer memories.

Fennelly, Beth Ann. “Fruits We’ll Never Taste, Languages We’ll Never Hear: The Need for Needless Complexity”

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Event has officially concluded! A huge thanks to everyone who participated. It makes me so happy to see your works and I hope it made you happy too to write/read in your language ❤️ Here's to better days, with more language diversity in Ao3 🙏

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Jenny Holzer.

[dorythewritingfish]

wrote my first german fic ever! about my baby Luca Haas<3 erste duestche fic jemals lol! Über mein Baby Luca Haas<3 for / für @dontbiteyourtongue

link here

it's a wip and Luca Haas focused also, please not that he is german and not swiss! Ein Wip, im Fokus ist Luca Hass und bitte bedenkt das Luca in der Story deutsch und nict Schweizer ist!

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Works posted on the Ao3 collection on Tuesday, 21st of April ⭐

σαν μια πόρτα στον άνεμο by jeanyvesmoreau

Rated T | No Archive Warnings Apply | Words: 2,090 | Language: Ελληνικά

«Γιούνα», ανασαίνει, «που είναι θαμμένοι οι γονείς σου;»

Ένα τυχαίο βράδυ ο Ίλυα λυγίζει κάτω από το βάρος των αναμνήσεων.

Still by Heatry24

Rated E | No Archive Warnings Apply | Words: 3,822 | Language: Deutsch

Eishockey ist ein verdammt schneller Sport und manchmal brennt die Geschwindigkeit mit einem durch - vor allem mit jemandem wie Ilya Rozanov, der von klein auf immer 110% investiert. Jedes Spiel, jeder Pass, jeder Schuss aufs Tor ist davon getrieben, sein Bestes zu geben. Dieses Mal steht Torhüter Eric Bennett im Weg und Shane hilft ihm mit den unsichtbaren Konsequenzen, die drohen, Ilya auseinanderzureissen. Ilya ist mehr Kuscheltier als hartkantiger MLH-Superstar, als sie später in Ilyas Hotelzimmer alleine zu zweit sind.

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Still

Eine deutsche Hollanov Fanfic für @dontbiteyourtongue geschrieben.

Ein Event dass Fanfiction Autoren dazu auffordert in einer Sprache zu schreiben die nicht Englisch ist. Oder eine englische Fanfic ein eine andere Sprache zu übersetzen.

Zusammenfassung: Eishockey ist ein verdammt schneller Sport und manchmal brennt die Geschwindigkeit mit einem durch - vor allem mit jemandem wie Ilya Rozanov, der von klein auf immer 110% investiert. Jedes Spiel, jeder Pass, jeder Schuss aufs Tor ist davon getrieben, sein Bestes zu geben. Dieses Mal steht Torhüter Eric Bennett im Weg und Shane hilft ihm mit den unsichtbaren Konsequenzen, die drohen, Ilya auseinanderzureissen. Ilya ist mehr Kuscheltier als hartkantiger MLH-Superstar, als sie später in Ilyas Hotelzimmer alleine zu zweit sind.

Tags: Light Dom/Sub, Hockey Injuries, Hurt Eric Bennett, Supportive Kyle Swift, Soft Dom Shane Hollander, Blow Jobs, Cock Warming, Fluff, Cuddling and Snuggling Korrekturgelesen durch @lexi-leckstar (vielen Dank 💖)

Link zur Geschichte: Ao3

English Summary: (in case you would like to read it with a translator app) Hockey is an incredibly fast sport and sometimes the velocity takes over, especially in someone like Ilya who always gives 110% in everything he does. Each game, each pass, each shot at the goal is driven by wanting to give his very best. This time, however, goalkeeper Eric Bennett stands in his way and Shane helps him deal with the intangible consequences that follow and threaten to tear Ilya apart with guilt. Ilya is more of a soft kitten than a hard-edged MLH player when they are alone together in his hotel room later that night.

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Going live on radio worm! We've had some audio issues but we're good now! Join us <3

RADIO WORM

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Hello everyone! Exciting news! This afternoon I will be talking about this event, writing and languages at my bestie's radio show fan archive of the pre-collapse society @ radio worm, 5PM UTC +2 !

You will be able to listen to it here! (https://radio.worm.org/)

Join us for (what I hope will be) an interesting discussion (we'll mostly yap with no plan)

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Works posted on the Ao3 collection on Monday, 20th of April ⭐

[Translation] The Elevator - Der Aufzug by Lexi_Leckstar

Rated T | No Archive Warnings Apply | Words: 1,666 | Language: Deutsch

Yuna fuhr erschrocken hoch. „Der Aufzug!“, entfuhr es ihr, beinahe in Panik. „Was?“ David rutschte neben ihr im Bett rum, offensichtlich auf der Suche nach seiner Brille auf dem Nachttisch. „Alles okay bei dir?“ „Er war da! Im Aufzug, als…“ Sie brach ab, aufgeschreckt durch das plötzliche Scheppern, als David die Uhr vom Nachttisch fegte. Das Geräusch des zerbrechenden Glases echote laut durch ihr Schlafzimmer.

Yuna erwacht in der Nacht nach Shanes und Ilyas Outing.

Luca Haas vs the English language by mystycloud (geniushannie)

Rated T | No Archive Warnings Apply | Words: 5,765 | Language: Deutsch

Luca Haas hat es endlich in die NHL geschafft. Aber plötzlich auf einer neuen Sprache leben ist nicht ganz so leicht wie gedacht. Oder 5 Male, bei denen Luca Haas etwas falsch versteht und 1 Mal, wo er genau weiß, was gesagt wird.

El Clásico by peachwaves

Rated E | No Archive Warnings Apply | Words: 6,030 | Language: Español

Cada Clásico Español es una excusa para que dos de los mejores futbolistas del momento se encuentren en la cancha, pero también en la cama. Shane Hollander es la estrella actual del FC Barcelona, con 3 Balones de Oro y un par de victorias en la UEFA Champions League, ¿quién lo puede detener? En el otro lado de la cancha, está Ilya Rozanov. Reclutado desde Rusia, firmó con el Real Madrid CF. Anotó más de 40 goles cada temporada y llevó al Real Madrid a ganar el Campeonato Mundial de Clubes. ¡Tomó solo un anuncio para Nike para encender la pasión entre los mejores novatos de la liga española! Un "retelling" de Heated Rivalry con fútbol. Parte del reto "Don't! Bite Your Tongue' - A Hollanov Writing Event" en Tumblr.

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It's the day! You have until Sunday to post your work! Remember to add it to the Ao3 collection (link in the blog's description) and tag this account when you post on tumblr so I can reblog it!

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Hi, I have a question 🫣 for this event, can I post the first chapter of my multichaptered fic? I got waaaaay too carried on with timelines and dialects of spanish and I realized that maybe I'll need more time to flesh out the rest of it! (I have an outline but knowing myself, it's going to take more words than I expected 😅)

Hi! Yes, of course! It really makes me happy to hear someone is going for a multichapter work 🙏 Sending you all the strength to finish it

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Schedule & Guidelines

Hello again! A few updates!

POSTING | It will take place on the week from the 20th to the 26th of April! There will be an Ao3 collection where you will be able to add your work, which I will make and post in time. This way we all have a little over a month to brainstorm and write our stories ♡

GUIDELINES | Basically there is only one requirement to participate in this event. Your work must me in a language other than English. It can be an original work or a translation (be sure to first ask for the writer's permission to translate their work and credit them correctly when you post!) Do you have a fun or devastating idea for an original work? Go for it! Do you have a work that you really love and would like to try your hand in translating? It's your moment!

The ask box is always open if you have any questions! The goal of this event is to encourage people to practice and experiment with writing in their own languages, it's supposed to feel freeing, not constraining.

As always, read a lot and write with passion! Until next time 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

[dontbiteyourtongue]

hii i was planning on writing a german story, would it be alright to keep the dialogue in english, at least the words that are spoken in english? I would of course provide the german translation but I think it would be cool to also show the differences of wording and fluency of my mc in english through this

hello!! of course that would be alright! there is no right or wrong way to write a story and honestly, it's not even that uncommon for people to change registers of language or jump between languages in literature. sometimes it even makes more sense for characters who are multilingual. but even if it doesn't "make sense" in a strict sense, it would still be alright. this is your story, your work, your mind and hand and personal voice being put into it.

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3 weeks left for the event! if you have anything that you are working on to share (lines from your wip, ideas, thoughts, etc), I'd love to see!

[got-to-read-this]

I really need to finish my wip for another fest and then I'll get back to translating. I want to translate so many fics but I don't have time 😭

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3 weeks left for the event! if you have anything that you are working on to share (lines from your wip, ideas, thoughts, etc), I'd love to see!

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The Ao3 Collection is now up! You can find it here and on the blog's description :) There is still plenty of time to write and/or translate, but yeah, it's there if you need it. If you have any questions about how collections on Ao3 work, let me know! It will remain an unrevealed collection until the posting dates, so you can add your work whenever and it will only appear on that week !