Josipa answers “What does it mean when someone"spoke in...”

Laura Lewakowski asked this question about My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1):

What does it mean when someone"spoke in dialect", or in "thick dialect"? I understand that the book was originally written in Italian, but I'm not getting the importance of noting that the character was speaking in dialect at random times.

Josipa If I understand correctly, people assume it was the translator who added the random comments about dialect - it wasn't, it is the same way in the orig…moreIf I understand correctly, people assume it was the translator who added the random comments about dialect - it wasn't, it is the same way in the original. Everything was written in italian, with some comments how this particular sentence was spoken in italian or in dialect. Which an interesting choice bythe author(less)

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