Say You Saw It in QST - It Identifies You and Helps QST
December 1933 QST

December 1933 QST

December 1933 QST Cover - RF CafeTable 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.

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

Say You Saw It in QST - RF Cafe

 

ENGLISH

English translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Say you saw it in QST - It identifies you and helps QST

 

FRENCH

French translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Dites que vous l'avez vu dans QST - Il vous identifie et aide à la QST

 

POLISH

 Polish translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Powołaj go w QST - To identyfikuje użytkownika i pomaga QST

SWEDISH

Swedish translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Berätta att du såg det i QST - Det identifierar dig och hjälper QST

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Fortell at du så det i QST - Det identifiserer deg og hjelper QST

DANISH

Danish translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Sig du så det i QST - Den identificerer dig og hjælper QST

CHINESE

Chinese translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe 

说你看见它在QST - 识别您的身份，并帮助QST

DUTCH

Dutch translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe 

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

Portuguese translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Dizer que viu ele no QST - identifica você e ajuda QST

HEBREW

Hebrew translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Hebrew translation of "Say you saw it in QST" per Google - RF Cafe

JAPANESE

Japanese translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

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

Italian translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Che hai visto in QST - E ti identifica e aiuta QST

SPANISH

Spanish translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

Que lo vieron en QST - Se le identifica y ayuda QST

GERMAN

German translation of "Say you saw it in QST" - RF Cafe

translation of "It identifies you and helps QST" - RF Cafe

Sagen Sie sah es in QST - Es identifiziert Sie und hilft QST

 

 

Posted June 27, 2023
(updated from original post on 6/27/2013)