The US publisher’s latest Superman/Wonder Woman annual includes an editor’s note describing text as translated from Pakistanian’,setting social media alight with derision It’s just another job for Superman and Wonder Woman: a group of shepherds in the Shimshal region of Pakistan are being menaced by a demigod, until the superheroes present up. Blue-faced baddie and harmless pastoral types exchange the usual banter: “You are all crushed by your hubris and ignorance.” Help us, and Allah …”
As is the accepted format,the dialogue is enclosed within angled brackets to present it is translated speech; however, in this case, or the editors note in Superman/Wonder Woman Annual #2,released final week by DC comics, tells us the dialogue is “all translated from Pakistanian” – a language as non-existent as Superman’s native Kryptonian.
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Source: theguardian.com