as much as i enjoy amiga future, having articles written by native speakers really makes a difference.
-- eliyahu
I ought to point out that the English version of Amiga Future is usually proof read by UK residents some of whom have lived all their life in the UK, so they should be OK with handling/converting what has been written by a translator to what is actually meant by the original contributor of the article.
There are some phrases that might seem a little 'quirky' to natural speaking English (GB), and some text from a foreign language that is originally translated by mainland European translators, some of which, either due to unfamiliarity on a specialist piece of technical information that can't be improved on, that gets passed by them onto the English proof-readers but hopefully most of those nuances are basically ironed-out, before the magazine articles get compiled and set out before being sent for printing.
All this takes a lot of time, and is done basically for free, well it is by me, and hopefully is done for everyone to enjoy.
If there is some way to improve the feel of the magazine, from a language aspect then please say so, either here ... I'll be listening, or reply back to the magazine, we're all very friendly you know.
There may not be as many project, and software application workshops, etc. in the Amiga Future magazine as there were in Total Amiga, but there's plenty to keep up to date with, as there is currently lots going on in many of the Amiga 'Classic', OS4, MorphOS, AROS, flavours, (hope I've not forgotten any 'flavours' there) all of which try to be at least given an airing so everyone knows as much of the news that can be covered of interest to its readers for such a magazine.
Don't forget Amiga Future has an option for a software CD with lots of software on it, and it's now printed in FULL COLOUR, not just black/white like most of Total Amiga was, though you can print out the Total Amiga PDFs as full colour pages, though they come out, as far as I have found, without some jiggery-pokery, or an A3 printer, as a 2 page spread each page A5 in size on an A4 piece of paper.
There's also a massive download area on the Amiga Future website for free games, software applications, demos, etc.
If you've any ideas, or suggestions or articles you want to put forward to be incorporated into the Amiga Future magazine then by all means let me know, or send an e-mail to the magazine so Andreas Magerl (Chief Editor) can get an idea if it's of interest to the readers.
It's as much a community magazine, so if you've got something of interest to put forward for the magazine, then you should let those that can incorporate it into the magazine know, and you should also get paid a nominal amount for your trouble, and effort. At least, I'd do my best to ensure you did
If there's any way that the written English can be improved upon I'd like to know ... honestly
By the way I do have the copies of Total Amiga you're interested in, but they are my personal copies, but I could copy them for you, if Robert Williams at Total Amiga, who holds the Copyright on the magazines, has no objection to me copying them for you as they were never uploaded as PDFs unfortunately.
