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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?


I was chuffed to little mint balls - as we used to say Up North - to see that my novel has finally appeared on my German publisher's website. It's real. It's got pages. My name is on the cover. Okay, so it's not out until next September, but it exists and that'll have to do for now.

I called it My Future Husband, but the German interpretation is quite different and roughly translates as 'Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained' (I think!)

There's no hint of the time-travel contained within its pages, but I'm not complaining. Oooh no. I'm just really happy to see it.

Comments

Ann said…
Ooohhh how exciting! Love the translatation! Congratulations Karen!
December 2, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Debs Carr said…
It's wonderful. Congratulations!
December 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Anonymous said…
"Sprechen die Deutsch?" means "Do the Germans speak?". I think most of them do. Certainly the ones I've met love to speak. "Sprechen Sie Deutsch" means "Do you speak German?", which I suspect is what the title should have been.

As for "Wer nicht küsst, der nicht gewinnt", I think it means "who doesn't kiss, doesn't gain". My German is very rusty, so I wouldn't trust my translations too much.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu Ihrer Publikation!
December 3, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Sue Blackburn said…
Weeeeeee! Chuffed to bits for you Karen. How exciting. Congratulations! Vunderbar!! :0)xxx
December 3, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Jenny Beattie said…
Oooh, that really is rather wonderful. And yes, I do speak a little German... Oh okay. Only O'Level millions of years ago...
December 3, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Sarah Pearson said…
This is brilliant. Congratulations :-)
December 3, 2011 at 1:07 PM
Cait O'Connor said…
Congratulations Karen. If I could say it in German I would.
December 3, 2011 at 10:01 PM
liz fenwick said…
Congratulations!!!
lx
December 4, 2011 at 6:25 AM
Colette McCormick said…
MASSIVE congratulations
December 4, 2011 at 11:48 AM
joanne fox said…
So exciting! Congratulations. September sounds far off now but the time will whizz by!
December 4, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Kirsty said…
Looks gorgeous! Congratulations xx
December 4, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Amanda said…
Absolutely brilliant news, Karen! X

Or as they say on Google translator...

Absolut brillant nachrichten, Karen! x
December 5, 2011 at 6:56 AM
Rosemary Gemmell said…
Thta's wonderful to see your cover, Karen! I did German to higher level but that was so long ago I only remember bits and pieces!
December 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Anna Scott Graham said…
Big big congrats!!! You must be chuffed... :)))
December 5, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Madeleine said…
Oh wow,Fabulous! Congratulations. Hubby translated it as whoever doesn't kiss doesn't win! So exciting. When will it be out in English? I'm itching to read it.
December 6, 2011 at 3:33 PM
Anna May said…
BIG BIG Well Dones, Karen - it looks fabulous!
Anna May x
December 9, 2011 at 2:16 AM
Linda Gruchy said…
Oh that is good news. Well done Karen.
December 9, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Anna May said…
ps Karen, thank you for your kind amazon review, much appreciated!

Anna May x
December 9, 2011 at 4:45 PM
womagwriter said…
That's great news! I wanna read the book but don't sprechen the slightest bit of Deutsch, beyond being able to ask for two beers please (which I can do in the language of every country I've visited, getting my priorities right!)
Hope for stratospheric German sales so some red-faced Brit publisher snaps it up.
December 10, 2011 at 6:13 PM
TF said…
VERY well done indeedy :-)
December 11, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Kath said…
Congratulations!
December 12, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Jen Daiker said…
Though I don't speak German that is one fantastic looking cover!!! I've also added the novels I saw on your profile to my growing list to read!! I'm a sucker for authors I meet in blogland!
December 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM
David said…
How exciting, Karen. You have worked so so hard for this. Enjoy every minute.

XXX
December 15, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Suzanne Jones said…
How fab. Huge congratulations, Karen.

XX
December 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Jean said…
Congratulations Karen! How exciting!
December 20, 2011 at 2:08 PM
Karen said…
Thanks everybody for your congratulations, they mean a lot :o) I'm trying not to keep looking at the website every five minutes!

Captain Black - thanks for correcting my appalling translation, which I'm tempted to blame on Google!

Anna May - You're very welcome - my words don't do it justice really :o)
December 21, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Cally said…
I've only just seen this. How fabulous! :) xx
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April 24, 2012 at 4:16 AM
Jules Scarboro said…
Wowza, it looks brilliant, 'in the flesh' as it were. Well Done big Sis. I'll be buying a copy even though I won't understand a word!
Much Love, Jules :o) xxxx
July 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM
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