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.
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 