# Found my story in French

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011 "2021-01-20T19:15:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011/1 "2021-01-20T19:15:45Z")

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I’ve been searching for years for this: a copy of _Fiction_, the French version of _The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction_ that translated and printed my story “Playmates.” It even has my name on the cover.

I’d found photos, but now I have the issue, which showed up on Ebay in France.

I’m trying to remember my high school French to see how it was changed. One of my favorite lines was translated verbatim; the other uses different words but says the same thing.

[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4CiAup7j2C9qXPJTw60PPjS2_yIq_0pxEqRh7WJUA3YmNhhdS6l5NoHsgxm2SyQgjl1_aU293fa9hq-dnw7jYDfmvuUWO_PORbd8Yla_ehW5_RK_9EAsbnxrxQw5LjLeOh0hQhLA3Wc=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Chuck Rothman") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/xxrByfAg8yivrAKz8)

Click on it to see the whole thing.

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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011/2 "2021-01-20T19:16:37Z")

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Nice one Mr Rothman!

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011/3 "2021-01-20T20:56:08Z")

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That’s a great find. What a pleasure!

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011/4 "2021-01-20T23:33:30Z")

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Oui, quelle bon !

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011/5 "2021-01-21T17:15:40Z")

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Neat!

According to the isfdb, your story was also translated into German:

[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?603639](http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?603639)

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011/6 "2021-01-21T17:39:08Z")

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Great find, Chuck. Trying to snap up foreign sf mags is like searching for the Fountain of Youth, always on the other side of the hill.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-my-story-in-french/931011/7 "2021-01-21T18:04:26Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Neat!
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> According to the isfdb, your story was also translated into German:
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> [Publication: Die Wildnis einer großen Stadt](http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?603639)

That’s my next target. 🙂

I’ve also been translated into Spanish (illegally. I have the file but it’s 8-bit and I can’t get it to run) and Hebrew (with my permission, but the web page no longer exists).