unabashed enjoyment of academic french
May. 12th, 2022 05:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
itrytobei'm writing the Work in English, but as it's situated in a French context, i tend to think about French a lot when writing it, and worry that i accidentally switch to writing in French instead. that hasn't happened yet though.
but now i'm writing the abstract (i hate everything lol) — i did the English one first, and then a French version, basically just for fun. and oh my goodness it feels good to write academic French again, it's so much fun! it's the first time in two years that i've had the occasion to let loose all the fancy words and constructions i want and i love it
(why didn't i write my thesis in French, come to think of it? it's not required by my MA programme (contrary to my BA), so the default is English, but i don't think there is any rule stopping me from picking any of the languages of the faculty's Department of European Languages and Cultures. i mean, my supervisor's French is maybe not quite good enough to grade an Entire Thesis in French, but i could have... chosen a different supervisor? but i did pick a supervisor first, and then, with his help, a topic.)
but now i'm writing the abstract (i hate everything lol) — i did the English one first, and then a French version, basically just for fun. and oh my goodness it feels good to write academic French again, it's so much fun! it's the first time in two years that i've had the occasion to let loose all the fancy words and constructions i want and i love it
(why didn't i write my thesis in French, come to think of it? it's not required by my MA programme (contrary to my BA), so the default is English, but i don't think there is any rule stopping me from picking any of the languages of the faculty's Department of European Languages and Cultures. i mean, my supervisor's French is maybe not quite good enough to grade an Entire Thesis in French, but i could have... chosen a different supervisor? but i did pick a supervisor first, and then, with his help, a topic.)
