I played another game that enabled you to select which language you wished to speak. To those who were of a race that would understand that language, the text would show up in ordinary, readable english. To those who were of a race that would not know it, it would be scrambled.
At first this seemed interesting. You could say something in a crowded room and only certain folks would understand it. Sadly when everyone did this, most of the text you saw on the screen was jibberish.
I'm not sure if you are talking about a complete translation like what I described or just the replacement of some common words - to give your writing a little flavor. The way I see it, if you need a book to encode what you are writing, then others will need a book to decode it. That sounds like a pain in the ass for everyone, personally, but who knows, maybe its one of those enjoyable sacrifices or "labor of love".
I have a tiny brain and can't handle people smothering their chat with words I don't know and can't guess.
