CRUSH THE ENGLISH HEGEMONY WITH A PEN… or not.

Also, How to Write Multilingual Dialogue

Put the bubangos on the asado, alsjeblieft.

That sentence is more truthful to my experience than any translation could be. Code-switching is my reality, so translating makes me feel as inauthentic and problematic as Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in a Shell. 

Even if you haven't seen the movie (I didn't last more than 5 minutes) or read about the controversy…