Usually no. For example, I have updated King Arthur and Merlin's English to modern day instead of attempting an older style since the story and they are set in the modern day now. However, I did have to make two big exceptions: 1) The ceremony which allows entry to Avalon is ancient, so the words have not changed since it was first written and 2) some parts of it are Latin-ish (as Latin as they can get with Google translate and a double-check), which one of my characters translates as required.
Generally I keep the spells in an old-fashioned style, but not the dialogue.
Anyone read Robert Low's 'The Lion Wakes'? He used a lot of medieval Gaelic/French and Latin as well as Scots dialect, and judging from reviews, and the fact he toned it down in the second of the series, it did put a lot of readers off.
If anyone here felt that way about the book, it is worth persevering. After halfway things become a lot clearer! :)
I agree with Ritesh, writing is about communication and if your reader has to first get through the language to understand what you are communicating then you may well lose them.
Usually no. For example, I have updated King Arthur and Merlin's English to modern day instead of attempting an older style since the story and they are set in the modern day now. However, I did have to make two big exceptions: 1) The ceremony which allows entry to Avalon is ancient, so the words have not changed since it was first written and 2) some parts of it are Latin-ish (as Latin as they can get with Google translate and a double-check), which one of my characters translates as required.
Generally I keep the spells in an old-fashioned style, but not the dialogue.
Anyone read Robert Low's 'The Lion Wakes'? He used a lot of medieval Gaelic/French and Latin as well as Scots dialect, and judging from reviews, and the fact he toned it down in the second of the series, it did put a lot of readers off.
If anyone here felt that way about the book, it is worth persevering. After halfway things become a lot clearer! :)
I agree with Ritesh, writing is about communication and if your reader has to first get through the language to understand what you are communicating then you may well lose them.