SF World sent me their translated title for “A Sweet Calling”: 糖灵召 (simplified) or 糖靈召 (traditional).
糖 = sugar/candy (tang2)
灵 = spirit/soul (ling2) (traditional 靈)
召 = summon/imperial decree (zhao4)
It’s quite appropriate, with a double entendre as well.
Science Fiction World, based in Chengdu, China, would like to translate my story “A Sweet Calling” (Clarkesworld Magazine) into Chinese for their October 2012 issue. This would be my first story to appear in Chinese. Coincidentally, the story itself is set in old Chengdu. Looking forward to it!
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F&SF writer and linguist. Winner, 2015 Aurora Award for Best English Poem/Song.
Also 2015 Aurora Awards finalist, Best English Short Fiction; former finalist, 2009 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer; finalist, 2008 Aurora Award, "Best Short-Form Work in English"; Second Place winner of the Writers of the Future Contest (volume XXIII).
Tony Pi, F&SF Writer 