“Now that’s something different! I’m not bored of buckets yet!”
I'm re-reading #AncillarySword, and I'm glad Translator Dlique has shown up. We get to see Presger translators more closely in Translation State, but they are much funnier in Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy
Bo Ten rose, and just slightly slurrily begged the lieutenant’s indulgence, and, receiving it, declared her intention to recite her own poetry.
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Bo Ten’s declaration met with cheers of approval, even from Lieutenant Tisarwat, and so Ten launched into what turned out to be an epic, largely improvised narrative of the deeds of the god Kalr. Who, according to Bo Ten’s account, was drunk a lot of the time and rhymed very badly.
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