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The purpose of keeping parts of the source langue no-translated, or using some variant or dialect of the target language for some elements (eg: dialog, a specific character talk, ...), depends on the work, its creators (author, translator), and the languages involved. But, here is some general reasons and uses that I can think of:

• The original text, is based on a cultural reference that doesn't have an equivalent in the destination language

• the text represent a title. or an honorific (cf. Japanese honorifics)

• it's a location name.

• it is a maxim a motto, or a proverb.

e.g: "Carpe Diem", "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno", or:

“...L’amour fait les égalités, et ne les cherche pas."

-- The Red and the Black, Stendhal (Henri Beyle), translated by Charles Tergie

• it hold a mythological, spiritual, or religious meaning

e.g: "chants" and "prayer", are rarely translated.

• the text is constituted of poem verses, it is a poetic prose, or it sound way more elegant in its source language.

e.g:

‘Vous qui pleurez un passé plein de charmes, Et qui traînez des jours infortunés, Tous vos malheurs se verront terminés, Quand à Dieu seul vous offrirez vos larmes, Vous qui pleurez!’

-- The-Three-Musketeers

• the original text is in a variant of the source language other than the standard one,

e.g: countryside language or a spoken unofficial language.

• the author or translator opted for this trope:

Bilingual Bonus: A hidden message in a foreign language. This ostensibly makes these messages available only to bilingual and international audiences. The extra can be anything from a plot-relevant point to additional dialogue to a random gag.

-- tvtropes

The purpose of keeping parts of the source langue no-translated, or using some variant or dialect of the target language for some elements (eg: dialog, a specific character talk, ...), depends on the work, its creators (author, translator), and the languages involved. But, here is some general reasons and uses that I can think of:

• The original text, is based on a cultural reference that doesn't have an equivalent in the destination language

• the text represent a title. or an honorific (cf. Japanese honorifics)

• it's a location name.

• it is a maxim a motto, or a proverb.

e.g: "Carpe Diem", "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno", or:

“...L’amour fait les égalités, et ne les cherche pas."

-- The Red and the Black, Stendhal (Henri Beyle), translated by Charles Tergie

• it hold a mythological, spiritual, or religious meaning

e.g: "chants" and "prayer", are rarely translated.

• the text is constituted of poem verses, it is a poetic prose, or it sound way more elegant in its source language.

e.g:

‘Vous qui pleurez un passé plein de charmes, Et qui traînez des jours infortunés, Tous vos malheurs se verront terminés, Quand à Dieu seul vous offrirez vos larmes, Vous qui pleurez!’

-- The-Three-Musketeers

• the original text is in a variant of the source language other than the standard one,

e.g: countryside language or a spoken unofficial language.

• the author or translator opted for this trope:

Bilingual Bonus: A hidden message in a foreign language. This ostensibly makes these messages available only to bilingual and international audiences. The extra can be anything from a plot-relevant point to additional dialogue to a random gag.

-- tvtropes

The purpose of by keeping parts of the source langue no-translated, or using some variant or dialect of the target language for some elements (eg: dialog, a specific character talk, ...), depends on the work, its creators (author, translator), and the languages involved. But, here is some general reasons and uses that I can think of:

• The original text, is based on a cultural reference that doesn't have an equivalent in the destination language

• the text represent a title. or an honorific (cf. Japanese honorifics)

• it's a location name.

• it is a maxim a motto, or a proverb.

e.g: "Carpe Diem", "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno", or:

“...L’amour fait les égalités, et ne les cherche pas."

-- The Red and the Black, Stendhal (Henri Beyle), translated by Charles Tergie

• it hold a mythological, spiritual, or religious meaning

e.g: "chants" and "prayer", are rarely translated.

• the text is constituted of poem verses, it is a poetic prose, or it sound way more elegant in its source language.

e.g:

‘Vous qui pleurez un passé plein de charmes, Et qui traînez des jours infortunés, Tous vos malheurs se verront terminés, Quand à Dieu seul vous offrirez vos larmes, Vous qui pleurez!’

-- The-Three-Musketeers

• the original text is in a variant of the source language other than the standard one,

e.g: countryside language or a spoken unofficial language.

• the author or translator opted for this trope:

Bilingual Bonus: A hidden message in a foreign language. This ostensibly makes these messages available only to bilingual and international audiences. The extra can be anything from a plot-relevant point to additional dialogue to a random gag.

-- tvtropes

The purpose of keeping parts of the source langue no-translated, or using some variant or dialect of the target language for some elements (eg: dialog, a specific character talk, ...), depends on the work, its creators (author, translator), and the languages involved. But, here is some general reasons and uses that I can think of:

• The original text, is based on a cultural reference that doesn't have an equivalent in the destination language

• the text represent a title. or an honorific (cf. Japanese honorifics)

• it's a location name.

• it is a maxim a motto, or a proverb.

e.g: "Carpe Diem", "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno", or:

“...L’amour fait les égalités, et ne les cherche pas."

-- The Red and the Black, Stendhal (Henri Beyle), translated by Charles Tergie

• it hold a mythological, spiritual, or religious meaning

e.g: "chants" and "prayer", are rarely translated.

• the text is constituted of poem verses, it is a poetic prose, or it sound way more elegant in its source language.

e.g:

‘Vous qui pleurez un passé plein de charmes, Et qui traînez des jours infortunés, Tous vos malheurs se verront terminés, Quand à Dieu seul vous offrirez vos larmes, Vous qui pleurez!’

-- The-Three-Musketeers

• the original text is in a variant of the source language other than the standard one,

e.g: countryside language or a spoken unofficial language.

• the author or translator opted for this trope:

Bilingual Bonus: A hidden message in a foreign language. This ostensibly makes these messages available only to bilingual and international audiences. The extra can be anything from a plot-relevant point to additional dialogue to a random gag.

-- tvtropes

The purpose of by keeping parts of the source langue no-translated, or using some variant or dialect of the target language for some elements (eg: dialog, a specific character talk, ...), depends on the work, its creators (author, translator), and the languages involved. But, here is some general reasons and uses that I can think of:

• The original text, is based on a cultural reference that doesn't have an equivalent in the destination language

• the text represent a title. or an honorific (cf. Japanese honorifics)

• it's a location name.

• it is a maxim a motto, or a proverb.

e.g: "Carpe Diem", "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno", or:

“...L’amour Fait les egalites, et ne les cherche pas."

-- The Red and the Black, Stendhal (Henri Beyle), translated by Charles Tergie

• it hold a mythological, spiritual, or religious meaning

e.g: "chants" and "prayer", are rarely translated.

• the text is constituted of poem verses, it is a poetic prose, or it sound way more elegant in its source language.

e.g:

‘Vous qui pleurez un passe plein de charmes, Et qui trainez des jours infortunes, Tous vos malheurs se verront termines, Quand a Dieu seul vous offrirez vos larmes, Vous qui pleurez!’

-- The-Three-Musketeers

• the original text is in a variant of the source language other than the standard one,

e.g: countryside language or a spoken unofficial language.

• the author or translator opted for this trope:

Bilingual Bonus: A hidden message in a foreign language. This ostensibly makes these messages available only to bilingual and international audiences. The extra can be anything from a plot-relevant point to additional dialogue to a random gag.

-- tvtropes

The purpose of by keeping parts of the source langue no-translated, or using some variant or dialect of the target language for some elements (eg: dialog, a specific character talk, ...), depends on the work, its creators (author, translator), and the languages involved. But, here is some general reasons and uses that I can think of:

• The original text, is based on a cultural reference that doesn't have an equivalent in the destination language

• the text represent a title. or an honorific (cf. Japanese honorifics)

• it's a location name.

• it is a maxim a motto, or a proverb.

e.g: "Carpe Diem", "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno", or:

“...L’amour fait les égalités, et ne les cherche pas."

-- The Red and the Black, Stendhal (Henri Beyle), translated by Charles Tergie

• it hold a mythological, spiritual, or religious meaning

e.g: "chants" and "prayer", are rarely translated.

• the text is constituted of poem verses, it is a poetic prose, or it sound way more elegant in its source language.

e.g:

‘Vous qui pleurez un passé plein de charmes, Et qui traînez des jours infortunés, Tous vos malheurs se verront terminés, Quand à Dieu seul vous offrirez vos larmes, Vous qui pleurez!’

-- The-Three-Musketeers

• the original text is in a variant of the source language other than the standard one,

e.g: countryside language or a spoken unofficial language.

• the author or translator opted for this trope:

Bilingual Bonus: A hidden message in a foreign language. This ostensibly makes these messages available only to bilingual and international audiences. The extra can be anything from a plot-relevant point to additional dialogue to a random gag.

-- tvtropes