Friday, December 19, 2008

Guess the Foreign Editions

Here are five new foreign editions of Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara. Can you guess which languages they're translated into?

The first person to guess correctly will receive a free bookplate and a signed dinosaur sketch by James Gurney. One guess per person, please. Employees of Dinotopia publishers not eligible.
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ADDENDUM. The answers are: 1. Romanian, 2. French, 3. Bulgarian, 4. Czech, and 5. Hungarian.

Thanks everyone. Vertumno was the winner. As I understand it, Bulgarian and Russian share the Cyrillic alphabet, so a lot of people, including Ruuhkis made a completely reasonable guess right away. Erin McGuire was right, but just a little late.

The publisher of the Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, and Hungarian editions is Eastone Books, and the publisher of the French edition is Editions Fleurus.
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22 comments:

  1. JohnBDecember 19, 2008 at 8:29 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3. Greek
    4. Spanish
    5. Polish

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  2. Antti RuuhijärviDecember 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3. Russian
    4. Czech
    5. Hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  3. NoonDecember 19, 2008 at 8:37 AM

    1- Roumain
    2- Français
    3- Russe
    4- Portugais
    5- Hongrois

    ReplyDelete
  4. tonciDecember 19, 2008 at 8:38 AM

    tough!

    1. romanian
    2. french
    3. russian
    4. czech
    5. hungarian

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  5. AndrewDecember 19, 2008 at 8:45 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3. Russian
    4. Czech
    5. Hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  6. KissyDecember 19, 2008 at 8:58 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3. Russian
    4. Slovakian
    5. Hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  7. Scott MurphyDecember 19, 2008 at 9:41 AM

    Romanian
    French
    Bulgarian
    Czech
    Norwegian

    ReplyDelete
  8. James GurneyDecember 19, 2008 at 10:10 AM

    All good guesses. No one has all five right yet.

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  9. DarooDecember 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3. Russian
    4. Czechoslovakian
    5. Icelandic

    ReplyDelete
  10. VertumnoDecember 19, 2008 at 10:30 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3. Bulgarian
    4. Czech
    5. Hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  11. UnknownDecember 19, 2008 at 10:33 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. Belgium
    3. Bulgaria
    4. Czech
    5. Hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  12. theresaDecember 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3.Serbian
    4.Czech
    5.Hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  13. Andrew OlsonDecember 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM

    1.romanian
    2.french
    3.greek
    4.czech
    5.hungarian

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  14. Jason JutaDecember 19, 2008 at 10:48 AM

    Romanian
    French
    Ukranian
    Czech
    Hungarian

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  15. Erin McGuireDecember 19, 2008 at 10:50 AM

    1.romanian
    2.french
    3. Bulgarian
    4.czech
    5.hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  16. AnonymousDecember 19, 2008 at 10:50 AM

    Hi,

    Romanian
    French
    Slovakian
    Czech
    Hungarian

    Front

    ReplyDelete
  17. James GurneyDecember 19, 2008 at 11:03 AM

    Congratulazioni, Vertumno! Sei il vincitore! Piacere di email a "jgurneyart@yahoo.com" il tuo indirizzo. Ti spediro il tuo premio.

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  18. Super VillainDecember 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM

    1 dopey
    2 sneezy
    3 grumpy
    4 doc
    5 sleepy

    ahhh....dang...its already over!

    haha, but thats a nice christmas present!

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  19. The HollowaysDecember 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM

    1. Romanian
    2. French
    3. Russian
    4. Slovakian
    5. Hungarian

    ReplyDelete
  20. James GurneyDecember 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM

    Thanks everyone for your guesses. Vertumno was the winner. As I understand it, Bulgarian and Russian share the Cyrillic alphabet, so a lot of people, including Ruuhkis made a completely reasonable guess right away. Emcguire was right, but just a little late.

    The publisher of the Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, and Hungarian editions is Eastone Books

    and the publisher of the French edition is Editions Fleurus

    ReplyDelete
  21. RalucaJanuary 7, 2009 at 12:54 PM

    he,he...being romanian myself I must say I´m quite surprised(and why not:enchanted:))to see that everybody recognized without any doubts that the first one is romanian edition...when I´ll be back in Bucharest for sure I´ll search for it!Best of wishes!

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  22. CaladerDecember 1, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    Finlay in Bulgarian! What an amazing surprise :) I'll be getting it the first chance I get!

    ReplyDelete

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