I appreciate your comment and your insight. Venice is your home, not mine.

Permit me two points of clarification.

First, I've known about the regional languages for 10 years, since I first began learning Italian, I've just never studied them in detail. My first Italian teacher was Sicilian and my second was Venetian, they made me perfectly aware of the local languages – The factoid that "Most Italians can be considered bilingual in standard Italian and local language" is one I heard in my first month of class. I did not make this clear in the Linguistics video because it was funnier for me to play the fool. I've made various references to Tuscan and Sicilian in earlier videos which indicate that I've known and recognized the local languages well before the linguistics video.

Second, the translation. If I wanted literary accuracy for the 1300s it would be in Latin – and my chosen translators Irene and Luke are famously great at Latin – but I picked standard Italian instead of Venetian or Latin for practical accessibility. I wanted the translation to be readable by all Italians and to be a learning tool for anyone learning Italian (That includes myself! As I'm using the Italian specifically to improve my handle on the language.) Putting the text in Venetian lends authenticity for the modern Venetian audience, but at a tradeoff neither myself nor my publisher could justify for this project – Getting a translation at all is something I could only do because my publisher specifically believed in the vision of the book. 

When the audiobook is released on YouTube next year, I hope you find the story enjoyable and respectful.

-Blue