Dutch edition ?

gio · February 7th, 2011, 06:55 AM

Hallo Imar,

I bought your book. But my English is not so good.
Do you think about a Dutch edition of your book?

With regards,
Gio

Imar · February 7th, 2011, 06:58 AM

Hi Gio,

No, sorry, AFAIK, there are no plans for a Dutch version of the book. I think that market is a bit too small to justify the work needed for a translation....

Je kan me natuurlijk altijd wel inhuren voor een privé training (in het Nederlands!!) via http://devierkoeden.nl ;-)

Groeten,

Imar

gio · February 7th, 2011, 07:21 AM

Thank you for your fast reply.

Maar ik ben geen professional, dus ik kan je niet betalen

Regards en tot de volgende,
Gio

jminatel · February 7th, 2011, 10:13 AM

Imar's right, no Dutch translation on the way. Can either of you tell me though, do you see many programming books in Dutch? In my many years in computer publishing, I don't think any of my books have ever been translated into Dutch. Maybe the assumption is most Dutch speakers also have great (or good enough) English skills?

Imar · February 7th, 2011, 12:21 PM

Hi Jim,

Long time no speak ;-)

Yes, I do see Dutch computer books, but not many. Most of them tend to be in the "Getting started" or "Dummies" area. I think that makes sense as learning a completely new concept in a foreign language may be harder than it needs to be.

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Maybe the assumption is most Dutch speakers also have great (or good enough) English skills?

Yes, I think that's part of the reason / problem. In addition, there aren't that many of us so the market is pretty small. I think bestsellers here sell a few thousand copies only.

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I don't think any of my books have ever been translated into Dutch

I thought I recall having seen an old Wrox book on classic ASP in Dutch. However, Google doesn't know anything of it (anymore) so maybe I was just imagining it...

Imar

gio · February 8th, 2011, 04:46 AM

Goedemorgen Imar,

Do you know if any of your books or wrow.books are transaled in Italian ?
Regards,
Gio

Imar · February 8th, 2011, 06:02 AM

Not that I know, but maybe Jim does?

Imar

jminatel · February 8th, 2011, 11:59 AM

Italian translations of many Wrox books are available from Hoepli:
http://www.hoepli.it/home.asp

I don't see that they have any Italian edition of Imar's Beginning ASP.NET 4 book but they do have our more advanced Professional ASP.NET 4 book translated:
http://www.hoepli.it/libro/aspnet-4-...8820345532.asp

Hope this helps.

gio · February 8th, 2011, 12:29 PM

that's is a great help.
Thank you Jim.