Rayman Pirate-Community

I knew I couldn't trust in luck so I pre-ordered as soon it appeared in the site. I'm so glad I did it.

Me too, although I'll most likely be ordering the English version as well, since I don't understand French that well

So glad I ended up getting book while they still had it. I would have regreted later.

The English version definitely didn't come out yet right?

syntheticgerbil wrote:The English version definitely didn't come out yet right?

No. It might be quicker to learn french than to wait for the english version to come out

So English version might not even come in 2015 at all but in next years?

I don't think so: the book is not that hard to translate into English. The vocabulary is not that of a Shakespeare's one (meaning you don't have tons of very idiomatic words and expressions). I'm not saying Guarné didn't write the book in basic French, but to me it shouldn't be that hard to be translated.

I'd probably think about a translation available for the second semester of 2015, provided Pix considers it worth the investment (but I guess they will, as they probably sent a good amount of them to foreign countries, even with the language barrier).

The only issues would be that:

a) Pix has a lot of other projects they want to focus on right now.
b) The book still has a lot of content for them to translate, so even if they already found a translator, it will be take a few months before they would give an official announcement about the official release of the English version.

Like Saerleiya said, Pix has other projects that will be release during 2015 ; very important ones. I've been writing on two of them (one being dedicated to the SEGA Dreamcast).
Regarding The History of Rayman, it's not just about translating. It's a bit more complicated than that. But I know some english readers are waiting for it. I just hope they won't wait TOO long.

Exactly. I will keep waiting, since I am interested in the normal edition in English and I don't mind supporting a second time.

Absolutely 'collector' this presentation of the first Rayman in Micro Kid's (with youngs Ancel, Houde, Hascoët & co), a french tv show which was kind of 'famous' back in the days.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxqycn ... videogames

Wow, what a gem of a video! We can see some drawings done first in pencil and some workers using their software to edit sprites and levels. It is a video I must download once I return home, to later include in RayMedia.

If anyone would like, I could start working on an unofficial translation. Would anyone be up for that? I wouldn't scan anything, so there wouldn't be pictures, but you could at least read what it says.

Please do it, I would be so greatful. I can't read a thing in that book.

Okeydoke! I'll start working on it tonight!

You'd be willing to do that? I'd be very grateful if so.

Just finished the Preface and the foreword. I'll post them in just a bit

Cheers mate!
I would suggest .doc file for posting. There is option to attach file in full editor

Will do! When I post the first chapter, I'll be sure to do that!

OldClassicGamer wrote:Cheers mate!
I would suggest .doc file for posting. There is option to attach file in full editor

Hmm...seems I'm not able to attach a .doc file, it's not one of the "allowed" formats....

What about docx?
If it is not allowed either, you can always host it on some site such as Mediafire or MEGA and share link.