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sheree rosenkrantz wrote:
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> Does anyone know how many languages Lego has published at least one item
> in? All I know is that in the inside cover of Idea Book #260 the intro
> is given in 13 languages. Portugeuse, Dutch, Italian, Greek, English,
> Chinese, Japanese, French, Swedish, German, Danish, Finnish, and Spanish.
> I think I have seen Arabic in some catalogues, so that would make 14...
> What are the others?
> Also, where should I be posting questions of the nature?
>
> tia
> sheree
Add Turkish catalogs (published since 1984 or 1985) to the list. They
are originally from TLC itself, since they always have a "Turkish as a
second language" type of style. The usual warning messages on the boxes
are started to be seen in Turkish too.
Selçuk
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You are right, we are using latin alphabet right now (with the addition
of some letters -ü, ç, ö, and two others that I can't represent here-
and exclusive of q, w and x) since 1920's.
Look at the 1985 Middle East catalog again:
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1985/c85me/c85me-02.html
Here you can see three columns of texts. The one on the right is in
Arabic, the middle one is in English, and the one on the left is in
Turkish.
You can also see the other letters that I can't type here (g with upper
thing, s with a dot below, dotless small i and capital i with dot)
As I already mentioned, these catalogs are from TLC directly, so the
text is very tasteless and has some typing errors, too ("i" at the end
of "çocuklari" must be dotless, for example).
I have 1985 and 1986 catalogs both the same way (printed in a
tri-language style) and all the catalogs since 1997 are all printed only
in Turkish. I don't know when the change from tri-language to
Turkish-only catalogs occurred, because, 1985-1997 period is my
darkages.
You can also see the Turkish catalogs here in Brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1997/c97tr/index.html
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1998/c98tr/index.html
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1998/c98tr-2/index.html
I've already scanned and send 1999 (two types) and 2000 catalogs to
brickshelf, but they are not online right now.
Selçuk
sheree rosenkrantz wrote:
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> Selçuk Göre <ssgore@superonline.com> wrote in message
> news:38EEFE3C.F850C5A1@superonline.com...
>
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> >
> > Add Turkish catalogs (published since 1984 or 1985) to the list. They
> > are originally from TLC itself, since they always have a "Turkish as a
> > second language" type of style. The usual warning messages on the boxes
> > are started to be seen in Turkish too.
> >
> > Selçuk
>
> I don't have any idea of what Turkish looks like. What alphabet is used?
> Brickshelf Catalogue scans from 1984(cme) and 1985(cme) show what I thought
> to be Arabic. Are these the catalogues that you are referring or are you
> speaking of different ones? Maybe, I'm completely wrong.
> Could I be mistaking Turkish for Arabic? I thought Turkish used a
> different alphabet than Arabic now. Please, could you/would you clarify
> any of this for me?
> thanks,
> sheree
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Does anyone know how many languages Lego has published at least one item
in? All I know is that in the inside cover of Idea Book #260 the intro
is given in 13 languages. Portugeuse, Dutch, Italian, Greek, English,
Chinese, Japanese, French, Swedish, German, Danish, Finnish, and Spanish.
I think I have seen Arabic in some catalogues, so that would make 14...
What are the others?
Also, where should I be posting questions of the nature?
tia
sheree
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In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> What are the others?
I don't know total numbers, but I've seen (and have in my possession)
catalogs in hebrew. No idea books
or instructions that I know of, though; and the catalogs might be translated
by the store (named "Han
toys") and not by TLC.
> Also, where should I be posting questions of the nature?
I dunno... maybe .publish?
-Shiri
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In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> Does anyone know how many languages Lego has published at least one item
> in? All I know is that in the inside cover of Idea Book #260 the intro
> is given in 13 languages. Portugeuse, Dutch, Italian, Greek, English,
> Chinese, Japanese, French, Swedish, German, Danish, Finnish, and Spanish.
> I think I have seen Arabic in some catalogues, so that would make 14...
> What are the others?
The battery usage instructions on the 2nd page of the international version of
8480 were written in 19 languages.
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Selçuk Göre <ssgore@superonline.com> wrote in message
news:38EEFE3C.F850C5A1@superonline.com...
>
> Add Turkish catalogs (published since 1984 or 1985) to the list. They
> are originally from TLC itself, since they always have a "Turkish as a
> second language" type of style. The usual warning messages on the boxes
> are started to be seen in Turkish too.
>
> Selçuk
I don't have any idea of what Turkish looks like. What alphabet is used?
Brickshelf Catalogue scans from 1984(cme) and 1985(cme) show what I thought
to be Arabic. Are these the catalogues that you are referring or are you
speaking of different ones? Maybe, I'm completely wrong.
Could I be mistaking Turkish for Arabic? I thought Turkish used a
different alphabet than Arabic now. Please, could you/would you clarify
any of this for me?
thanks,
sheree
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Ka-On Lee <ko_lee@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Fu7sIp.6GG@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> > Does anyone know how many languages Lego has published at least one item
> > in? All I know is that in the inside cover of Idea Book #260 the • intro
> > is given in 13 languages. Portugeuse, Dutch, Italian, Greek, English,
> > Chinese, Japanese, French, Swedish, German, Danish, Finnish, and Spanish.
> > I think I have seen Arabic in some catalogues, so that would make 14...
> > What are the others?
>
> The battery usage instructions on the 2nd page of the international • version of
> 8480 were written in 19 languages.
Interesting, I wonder what the addional languages are?
#8480 is from 1996? The Idea Book, from 1990, had flags denoting each
language. I would have been unable to identify some without that help.
The battery usage instructions probably don't have the flags. That would
make the task of identifying the languages much more difficult.
thanks,
sheree
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Fu7880.44u@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> > What are the others?
>
> I don't know total numbers, but I've seen (and have in my possession)
> catalogs in hebrew. No idea books
> or instructions that I know of, though; and the catalogs might be • translated
> by the store (named "Han
> toys") and not by TLC.
>
> > Also, where should I be posting questions of the nature?
>
> I dunno... maybe .publish?
>
> -Shiri
I would love to see a scan of a Lego catalogue in Hebrew. Your catalogues
are most likely in Israel now? If you and your family go home for the
summer, would you consider scanning one or bringing one back with you this
fall to scan. All of us at my house would enjoy seeing a catalogue in
Hebrew.
thanks,
sheree
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Sheree Rosenkrantz wrote:
> I would love to see a scan of a Lego catalogue in Hebrew. Your catalogues
> are most likely in Israel now? If you and your family go home for the
> summer, would you consider scanning one or bringing one back with you this
> fall to scan. All of us at my house would enjoy seeing a catalogue in
> Hebrew.
Jenn and I scanned a catalog (I think the same one shiri is referring to) recently...
At least I think we did. So it's either uploaded to brickshelf or on our home comp.
I'll look for it tonight and see if I can upload it to my site as well.
:)
Dan
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In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> I would love to see a scan of a Lego catalogue in Hebrew. Your catalogues
> are most likely in Israel now? If you and your family go home for the
> summer, would you consider scanning one or bringing one back with you this
> fall to scan. All of us at my house would enjoy seeing a catalogue in
> Hebrew.
Actually, I have one of my catalogs here with me... but my scanner is part of
an officejet, so it only scans individual pages (which means I'd have to rip
it up to scan it :-/ ). Dan mentioned, I think, that he has the catalog as
well... so if he puts on the scans, I'll pass. :-)
-Shiri
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> > I would love to see a scan of a Lego catalogue in Hebrew. Your catalogues
> > are most likely in Israel now? If you and your family go home for the
> > summer, would you consider scanning one or bringing one back with you this
> > fall to scan. All of us at my house would enjoy seeing a catalogue in
> > Hebrew.
>
> Actually, I have one of my catalogs here with me... but my scanner is part of
> an officejet, so it only scans individual pages (which means I'd have to rip
> it up to scan it :-/ ). Dan mentioned, I think, that he has the catalog as
> well... so if he puts on the scans, I'll pass. :-)
>
> -Shiri
Hi Shiri,
When I have needed to scan catalogs or instructions ... I take the staples out
of the center, scan the separate pages, and then reinsert the staples...
Just a way I found that works
John
P.s. Love the work you and the others are doing in Castle: ). Lots of good
creative energy !
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> Interesting, I wonder what the addional languages are?
> #8480 is from 1996? The Idea Book, from 1990, had flags denoting each
> language. I would have been unable to identify some without that help.
> The battery usage instructions probably don't have the flags. That would
> make the task of identifying the languages much more difficult.
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8480/8480-002.html
I can only identify 5 and read 2 of them.
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In lugnet.general, Ka-On Lee writes:
> > Interesting, I wonder what the addional languages are?
> > #8480 is from 1996? The Idea Book, from 1990, had flags denoting each
> > language. I would have been unable to identify some without that help.
> > The battery usage instructions probably don't have the flags. That would
> > make the task of identifying the languages much more difficult.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8480/8480-002.html
>
> I can only identify 5 and read 2 of them.
Well, I can only read one, but I take a guess at the others. ;)
Column one:
English, German, French
Column two:
Italian, Dutch, Spanish
Column three:
Danish, Finnish, Swedish?, unknown, unknown, Russian?, Turkish?, unknown
Column four:
Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, unknown, Hebrew?
The ones with question marks are wild guesses. "unknown" means I can't even
make a guess.
Jeff
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.general, Ka-On Lee writes:
> > > Interesting, I wonder what the addional languages are?
> > > #8480 is from 1996? The Idea Book, from 1990, had flags denoting each
> > > language. I would have been unable to identify some without that help.
> > > The battery usage instructions probably don't have the flags. That would
> > > make the task of identifying the languages much more difficult.
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8480/8480-002.html
> >
> > I can only identify 5 and read 2 of them.
>
> Well, I can only read one, but I take a guess at the others. ;)
>
> Column one:
> English, German, French
Agree
> Column two:
> Italian, Dutch, Spanish
Agree
> Column three:
> Danish, Finnish, Swedish?, unknown, unknown, Russian?, Turkish?, unknown
Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Greece, Turkish,
Maltese/Maleisian ?
>
> Column four:
> Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, unknown, Hebrew?
Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, last two I don't know
> The ones with question marks are wild guesses. "unknown" means I can't even
> make a guess.
>
> Jeff
Sybrand
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> > Column four:
> > Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, unknown, Hebrew?
> Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, last two I don't know
The second last one is Korean.
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In lugnet.general, Ka-On Lee writes:
>
> > > Column four:
> > > Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, unknown, Hebrew?
> > Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, last two I don't know
>
> The second last one is Korean.
I don't think the last one is Hebrew, unless A) my eyes are really going or B)
it's some weird font I'm unfamiliar with.
Judging by the "TH" next to it, and the fact that the other languages around it
are from the Far East, my stab in the dark would be Thai.
eric
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Jeff Stembel wrote:
some corrections and new guesses..:-)
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8480/8480-002.html
>
>
> Column one:
> English, German, French
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> Column two:
> Italian, Dutch, Spanish
>
> Column three:
> Danish, Finnish, Swedish?, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, Malesian?
>
> Column four:
> Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Indian?, Hebrew
Selçuk
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