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queensthiefFrom Megan Whalen Turner:
Do you read German? Korean? Chinese? Thai? Japanese? Indonesian? Do you know someone who might like a copy of my books in these languages? Or have you even considered collecting editions of books you can't actually read just because the covers are pretty? (In the case of the Japanese editions, because they have interior illustrations that are pretty, too?)
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Date: 8/6/12 02:48 am (UTC)Languages: German, Greek(?), Indonesian (I cheated w/Google Translate), Korean(?), Chinese (or maybe Japanese), Japanese (or maybe Chinese).
Using the (probably incorrect) languages ascribed to each book, my favorite covers are the Indonesian King of Attolia (so Gen!) and the Chinese Thief.
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Date: 8/6/12 03:59 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 8/6/12 04:38 am (UTC)First, German. Last, Japanese. I think second-to-last is Chinese, and the one before that maybe Thai... no, no, wait, it has the round characters... Korean! The second is... what, Greek? Not sure about the third... but oh, are those covers pretty-ful!
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Date: 8/6/12 04:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/6/12 05:19 am (UTC)Also: I wish I was anywhere near Naperville. I've been wanting to get my hands on the JP versions for aaages, just to see what they've had to do sentence-structure wise during translation
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Date: 8/6/12 06:39 am (UTC)~mwt
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Date: 8/6/12 09:22 am (UTC)--Handmaiden
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Date: 8/6/12 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/6/12 01:37 pm (UTC)The Chinese one looks like it's set in Russia?
Of course the Japanese are also so so so pretty.
And I like kid!Gen in the Korean one. I don't think I've seen Gen that small, other than in the Thief! short story.
The Thai one confused me for a second. The way the symbols are written on the title weren't familiar to me, but the blurb gave it away. XD
I love seeing covers of books I love in other languages. I remember when Shannon Hale posted all the different covers on her blog of all her books. It's just wonderful to see the artwork / interpretation of other countries. =D
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Date: 8/6/12 06:08 pm (UTC)I'm glad you brought up that riding thing. I remember in The Thief, Gen's horse apparently doesn't take directions from its rider, but directions from the horse in front of it, that's why the magus is always at the front. But Gen's at the front now. Ooh... spotlight.
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Date: 8/6/12 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/6/12 02:03 pm (UTC)Also, the Magus is apparently 120 years old.
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Date: 8/7/12 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/6/12 02:50 pm (UTC)Also on the Chinese cover, how INTERESTING that the palace looks Russian! *ogles*
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Date: 8/6/12 08:11 pm (UTC)The Japanese covers look so pretty! They all look awesome. It would be so cool to try and read it in another language //while having your own TT copy near by of course!
Oh, The Magus looks so epic with that beard.... in that one cover of the TT. Checkers you still up for that ;-Pno subject
Date: 8/6/12 10:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/6/12 11:13 pm (UTC)Being Asian helps identify languages especially when I like multiculturalism. So these are all the different languages the books are translated in? Cool. I'm just surprised at how many Asian translated versions there are. I always wonder how do books get translated to other languages.
Just a suggestion for them to try to get a Bahasa Malaysian version out - language is similar to Indonesian. I think they like it especially when the country is much influence by royalty because monarchy still exist to the point that all businesses basically have to put up portraits of the Royals in their offices, and other things.
(Ha! Imagine Gen and Irene XD)Actually, I think that why I personally enjoy these books more, perhaps my mindset is still a bit ancient..., when I read these books I kept picturing the palaces of the country and they all do dress in canary! Perhaps that why it got translated, minus Chinese, all the other Asian countries still have royal families. I don't know as much for Europe.no subject
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Date: 8/9/12 03:25 am (UTC)It's also cool that a few of the editions gave the series a name. (Die Legenden von Attolia! oooOO0oohh...)
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Date: 8/10/12 09:22 am (UTC)I wish I could be there to see these in person!
Creative_lefty2, who has no idea how to sign into Livejournal from a tablet.
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Date: 8/13/12 11:21 pm (UTC)