ianp Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Voie Libre is a fantastic French quarterly magazine about modelling secondary and narrow gauge lines in France. It has been going for more than 20 years. Each edition will, from now on, be available (by subscription) in English. Until now an English text version was only available as a digital download subscription, readable on your computer. Or, if you bought the French printed edition, the publishers LR Presse would (if you wanted) send you the text in English on separate bits of paper. Now you can have the real thing in your hands, in English, which I think will be wonderful. I wonder how many they expect to sell to make this worthwhile? I suppose if they have already translated the text, and type-set it and laid it out for the digital version, there is not much extra effort involved in just printing the thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 There has been a full digital version of the magazine in English for a couple of years. It used to be possible to have a quick look at one time online, and it looked and felt like the French version. I still like the French version as it helps me with my French, just annoying to have to wait for the translation online. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I have been checking the website, and the English translation for issue 80 is still not online. I assume it is intended to have the online translation still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted February 10, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2015 I would guess that there will be no translation. If you want it in English you buy the English language version - which I am sure is what most (not you or I) will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianp Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Has the English version ever been available online, direct from LR Presse? As far as I can see it has only been available two ways in English - a downloadable (sorry for that horrible world) full version of the magazine distributed via the Zinio online magazine distributor, or just the printed words in English on paper to accompany the ordinary French printed version of the magazine. Now we are being offered the printed version of the full magazine in English. Hurrah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted February 10, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2015 Originally the magazine came (on request) with a two sheet English translation. Latterly this translation was only available on line for download from the Loco Revue web site. Now we have for the first time, an opportunity to buy a full English version of the French magazine. Not surprisingly I will stick with the French version, but I am sure many modellers will be delighted with the English one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I know they have had problems with the online translation and finding it on the website, but there is now a page with all the available online translations. When I last looked no 80 was not there yet. I prefer the French version, but sometimes want to double check what I am reading, in this case the article about 3D printing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianp Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Edition 81 has arrived (in English) and jolly splendid it is too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 the translation is there for issue 80, but not for issue 81. If they intend not to continue the online translation, it would be nice to know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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