Aside from working my character into a story, the rest just kind of flows. Out of curiosity, for parts where another language is needed/warranted, are online translators fair game (they can sometimes be inaccurate, so that's why I ask. Fair enough @Eugene , in the meantime, I'll hang around and do what I can without jumping the gun on anything.
((Okay, that works. When you said "summer vacation", I immediately thought ahead to end of Summer next year (from MN here, we have two seasons... winter for 9 months, and 3 months for the rest))