Book titles intended for international translation should not use puns or wordplay because puns rely on language-specific interpretations that don't translate to other languages—the meme fails in translation, forcing authors to either compromise the pun entirely or keep it and lose the context.
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“if you're going to write a bck title that you intend to go International don't use a pun because you can end up like talking about the flight of pigeons or something by accident because they're trying to retrofit your pun to this new language which doesn't work”
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:20:38 PM
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