[ePilot]

Hi all,

Perhaps something useful to discover for your slotracing hobby in this new January 2022 issue of 
Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine (published by Joe D. Fugate, monthly, 172 pages)
This magazine (in PDF format) is legally free to download or read online.

site:             https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/
download: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mrhpu...nload.html

         

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[Qman]

Hi all,

This morning I downloaded the free French language pdf version of DRS Magazine no. 12, January 2022, the house publication of
the Dijon Racing Slot club https://www.dijon-racing-slot.com/. 

This new 44 page pdf issue is available now on this page : https://www.dijon-racing-slot.com/drs-magazine/
or direct:  https://www.dijon-racing-slot.com/wp-con...NE_N12.pdf
or you can register and get all next pdf issues automatic by email (they now send a link as above) !

Shame there's not an easy way to translate PDF files, looks a good read (if you speak French)

[ePilot]

Hi Qman,
 
I always use Google Translate to translate texts. 
(My French, for example, is also very poor).
My method is to copy and paste the text I want to read into 
Google Translate. You can't copy anything from some magazines, 
but it's fine with the DRS magazine. 
There is a max. file lenght of 10 Mb, so it is mostly impossible to
translate the complete magazine.
 
You, as a native english speaker could easily read the 
Google translated texts and correct it eventually.

See also Woodcote's post in this thread : 
https://slotracer.online/community/showt...6#pid19896

https://translate.google.com/

As an example I have translated the editorial on page 2 with Google Translate. 
I have corrected nothing in the English text...

EDITORIAL
All the Dijon Racing Slot team joins
to me to wish you a
Happy New Year 2022, full of slots!
This January is also an opportunity to
celebrate the first anniversary of our magazine
It is the opportunity to thank you for
your diligence and the feedback always very
positive things you do for us
We we left for a new
year, full of projects and promises
The election of the most beautiful slot car will
allow us to start the year in
beauty, to chain appointments in
all clubs and home creations
Of our side, we give you an appointment
you for the 24 Hours of Dijon in May and the
Challenge Slot Montagne in September (and
for more surprises to come
For these two events, we created
a "Track Day" in March so that everyone
can come and test and adjust his car before
the 2 events This day is open to
all do not hesitate to register (page 3).

[Qman]

Google translate can cope with 10MB, the current issue is 10.8MB

[ePilot]

Hi Qman,

What I tried to indicate in my previous post is that I almost always translate a part or article of the magazine.
I only read/translate those articles that interest me. So it is never necessary to translate the entire magazine. 
Then you almost never need 10Mb... And in many cases the pictures say a lot...

[Qman]

I'm only using a PDF reader so it's all or nothing

[ePilot]

About Google Translate...

Hi Qman,

Yes, I also have Acrobat reader (on a Windows 10 machine) and no special software.
I'll tell you how I do this:
1 - Open the (complete) magazine (in this example DRS Magazine 12) with Acrobat reader
2 - Search and select the text you want to translate (in this example text from page 10)
3 - Place the cursor at the beginning of the text and press the left mouse button
4 - Pull down the mouse until the entire text you want to translate turns blue (color)
5 - Right click, a small window will appear and choose Copy and click left
        Now you have copied the selected text...
6 - Start Google Translate, choose the language French for the French text and English in the right pane
7 - Right click and select Paste in the window
        Now you have dropped the French text in the left pane and in a split second
        the translated text appears in the right pane
        If you want to keep the translated text, you can copy and paste it (as in point 4.5) in
        for example Notepad. 

I hope this helps...

If anyone knows a better, perhaps a simpler solution, I'd love to hear it.

 I use the Dutch version of Google Translate called Google Vertalen...

         

[Qman]

Thanks ePilot, I've found the problem, I use Foxit reader for PDF's (I got fed up with adobe wanting to do updates every 5 minutes), but Foxit doesn't give you the facility to copy text.
Downloaded acrobat reader and it works fine (now await the continual updates messages)

[JasonB]

If you use chrome there is a better way. You can download the following extension, which allows you to select any text in a pdf, right click and choose translate. The translation appears in a pop up, which means that the original magazine, with the relevant photos, and the translation are both in the same window.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...mekghnmbii

It's a lot easier.

[ePilot]

Hi all,

The free January 2022 edition of Trackside Model Railroading magazine is available now...
Awesome scenery photos in this issue...
Trackside Model Railroading is published by Ross and Jenny Waters (About Us | Trackside Model Railroading)
A great model railroad magazine that comes out every month with a Free Edition (about 38 pages).
This magazine mainly consists of one or double page photos of beautiful layouts and not much text.
The paid Premium Edition now has 120 pages. Read online or download (pdf) this version of the magazine.
You can only read the free edition online. No download. 
If you create a free account, you also have access to 2 previous free editions.
The current free edition is replaced by a new one on the 20th of each month.
The subscription to the premium edition of the digital magazine costs only $19.99 for one year.

Perhaps as a slot race hobbyist you can also get some inspiration or ideas here to incorporate into your track...

https://www.tracksidemodelrailroading.co...e-edition/

         

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