December 1933 QST
 Table
of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
QST, published December 1915 - present (visit ARRL
for info). All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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In the early 1930s,
QST magazine (ARRL's
monthly publication) usually ran a line at the bottom of every page in the back
half of each issue that said, "Say You Saw It in QST - It Identifies You and Helps
QST." They even got the capitalization correct (all lower case short prepositions
and conjunctions, but I digress). The December 1933 edition was a bit different,
however, in that all the left-hand pages had the message translated into one of
fourteen different languages while the right-hand pages used English. I deemed that
discovery cool enough to scan and post here. Since the only languages I speak with
any fluency are English and Pig Latin, I took the trouble of entering the English
sentences into the Google Translator engine for each language and posting what it
says is the correct translation, at least by 2023 standards. If any of the languages
are your native tongue and you would be kind enough to provide me with the "real"
translation, I would be mighty grateful and would add that (along with credit to
you) to the page. Say You Saw It in QST - It Identifies You and
Helps QST
ENGLISH
Say you saw it in QST - It identifies you
and helps QST
FRENCH
Dites que vous l'avez vu dans QST - Il vous
identifie et aide à la QST
POLISH
Powołaj go w QST - To identyfikuje użytkownika
i pomaga QST
SWEDISH
Berätta att du såg det i QST - Det identifierar
dig och hjälper QST
NORWEGIAN
Fortell at du så det i QST - Det identifiserer
deg og hjelper QST
DANISH
Sig du så det i QST - Den identificerer dig
og hjælper QST
CHINESE
说你看见它在QST - 识别您的身份，并帮助QST
DUTCH
Zeg Je zag het in QST - Het identificeert
u en helpt QST
Thanks to website visitor Hugo K. for responding;
he says the modern translation is as follows:
"Zeg dat je het zag in QST Het identificeert u en helpt QST "
PORTUGUESE
Dizer que viu ele no QST - identifica você
e ajuda QST
HEBREW
JAPANESE
あなたは、QSTでそれを見たと言う - それはあなたを識別し、QSTを支援
ITALIAN
Che hai visto in QST - E ti identifica e aiuta
QST
SPANISH
Que lo vieron en QST - Se le identifica y
ayuda QST
GERMAN
Sagen Sie sah es in QST - Es identifiziert
Sie und hilft QST
Posted June 27, 2023
(updated from original post on 6/27/2013)
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