A note on style...

Because this blog deals with a lot of bilingual confusion, here's the style I use to give quotes in various languages:

"" Quotes are more or less the exact words in the original language as I remember them
"Barev," said the boy.
"Բարեվ," said the girl.
"Hello," I said.

[] brackets are translations of a foreign language.  They may or may not be accompanied by the original language
[Hello], said the boy.
"Բարեվ," [Hello] said the girl.
"Hello," I said.

- dash captures the gist of what was said, if not necessarily the exact words or original language
-Hey, said the boy.
-Hey, said the girl.
-Hi, I said.