2nd issue of the new French Uni Magazine

I forgot to tell you about the last issue of our magazine "Le Girafon
Fédéré" (magazine of the French Uni Federation), that came out in
November.

It's online here :
http://monocycle.info/docs/Girafon_2-total.pdf



I did not answer to the post for the first issue since I was on
holidays:
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41798

Thanks for those comments. I hope you'll like this one as well.
It is not possible to translate them since it is already so much work.

Only the interviews had been done in English and then translated into
French

An'So


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That looks really awesome-
I speak a bit of french, at least enough to get a general idea of what
they are talking about, and it sounds solid. I am surprised by it's
length, it's really impressive. Get someone to translate/summarize and
it would sell over here, too...
tyler


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snuffiluffigus wrote:
That looks really awesome-
I speak a bit of french, at least enough to get a general idea of what
they are talking about, and it sounds solid. I am surprised by it's
length, it's really impressive. Get someone to translate/summarize and
it would sell over here, too...
tyler

Good idea... but it would take a lot of time! Gonna talk about it with
my english speaking fellows.

Any other people would be interested in reading the french unicycling
news?

About the content, we can't be sure that the next "girafon" will be so
long... We don't even know when it will be published


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Glad to know you liked it!



Zzagg wrote:

About the content, we can't be sure that the next "girafon" will be so
long... We don't even know when it is published



Zzagg,
You don't have a date for your next article? Don't worry, I'll tell you
soon.

The first issues had 28 pages each. Of course less events occur during
winter but I love reading so I'll try to find people to write articles
or I'll write long articles (sorry, my articles are probably a bit
long, I can't write short articles).
We try to publish the magazine maybe every 4 months. But since it is
free, we have no obligation. This is one of the reasons for a free
magazine. Another reason is we want everybody to have the opportunity
to read it, it's a way to develop the uni in FRance.


For the translation, it's going to be hard: this is the mag of the
FRench Federation, so made first of all for our members, talking about
what happens in FRance. Our goal is to develop the French Federation.
The tone of this magazine is really important because it represents the
"FRench Uni", a way of seing the things, with "french uni" humour...
The poem, the humoristic column, the editorial and lots of articles
will be very hard to translate. Without this way of writing, these
articles will probably be boring.
I'm not saying it is not possible, I'm saying it is hard and our goal
is not to write an international mag. But some people will, and I would
be glad to help them.

Nathan, yes, I know Kaskade. I used to read it when I was in the
"juggling world" because I hadn't found other unicyclists. I remember
Kaskade was having a hard time to find translators for the French
translation. It is, indeed, a great magazine. It's a professional and
international magazine, you pay for that (it was too expensive for me),
and you have professional articles.
We do not change anything (for the moment) in the articles we receive
except spelling and grammar mistakes.

In a way, I'll love to do that kind of work, translation, because, for
me, the sharing of experiences about uni between countries is very
important. But this is not my priority since there is so much work to
do before it for the French Federation.
However, on our forum, people are talking about it:
http://monocycle.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1515
So maybe you'll find your translators

An'So

PS: Nathan, I realized with the Alps Tour article how difficult it is
to write a report without mistakes, specially when you're late and
writing in French about protagonists who are not French so they can't
pre-read your article. I wanted to check things about you but I was too
late. I hope it was correct (ask Jonh to be sure). Good to know you
plan to come to the Unicon!


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I've just read An'So's link in English through an online translator -
absolutely hilarious and barely comprehensible!


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I speak no french. But damn what pretty pictures! haha. So much trials i
love it. Nice work and thanks for sharing.


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What about utilizing one of the translation softwares that are
available?

I have no experience with them, though. I have used them to help
translate some posts on the German message board, but the word order
gets all twisted around. So, I don't know what would happen in a full
version.

It may also be expensive.

Nice work on doing this. It might set an example for a British,
Austrailian, Canadian, or American mag.

Nice work!!

Cheers.


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Wow! Nice magazine! Wish I could read it..

Thats how I wish the USA mag would be. All they had in the issue I got
yesterday was a million low quality pictures of people at NAUCC riding
around in a gym....doing nothing. Hardly any good action shots. The USA
mag also seems prejudiced towards extreme unicycling.... they seem
stuck on freestyle.


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there is a German Unicycling Magazine being planned and at a later stage
it should also be produced in english,
http://www.unicycle-magazine.de/


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forrestunifreak wrote:
Wow! Nice magazine! Wish I could read it..


Me too. The layout and pictures were beautiful, and it seemed to cover
a nice range of topics, in good detail.


Thats how I wish the USA mag would be.... The USA mag also seems
prejudiced towards extreme unicycling.... they seem stuck on freestyle.


Actually the USA mag, On One Wheel, is prejudiced toward what the
editor has available. Nobody sent him anything, so he had to use his
own pictures and memories of NAUCC. Please send him more stuff, for
better balanced coverage of the world of unicycling!

Unicycling Society of America, Inc.
P.O. Box 790
North Bend, WA 98045


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