Re^6: PBP in German out of print - solutions? -- lost in translation

At the moment I'm "selling" Perl to non-programmers who can find documentation for other languages (like VB) for free in their native language.

They all speak English, but PBP has >500 pages, if looking up words for each page stops readers for just half a minute in average we are talking about extra costs of at least 4 hours per person multiplied with a 100€ price per hour for the company.

This is not calculating the costs to "discuss" a page in two languages.

I'd rather find a German book from another author then.

Talking about English speakers, if you go to YAPC::EU you will find that the worst presentations are made by "native speakers".

They are so ignorant about the problems to communicate in a foreign language, that they use slang vocabulary, heavy accents and even keep transporting clichés and slurs about other cultures.

In other words: The real conference language is "broken Englsih" and not Cockney.

BTW: Parlo anche italiano.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}

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Re^7: PBP in German out of print - solutions? -- lost in translation by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 14, 2017 at 10:41 UTC
If you're looking at a cost of EUR 100 per hour, the quoted prices on Amazon suddenly look favourable. Spending EUR 54, EUR 85 and EUR 2xx on three books doesn't sound that expensive then.	[reply]
Re^8: PBP in German out of print - solutions? -- lost in translation by LanX (Saint) on Sep 14, 2017 at 10:48 UTC
And what if I need more books? edit These prices for used books are calculated by bots, as soon as one is sold the other ones will rise. There is the famous story of a scientific book which was offered for 2 million dollars. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply]
Re^9: PBP in German out of print - solutions? -- lost in translation by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 14, 2017 at 11:13 UTC
Maybe just buy all books below EUR 100 to see whether there pops up a new offer once the "only one" book has been sold.	[reply]
Re^10: PBP in German out of print - solutions? -- lost in translation by LanX (Saint) on Sep 14, 2017 at 11:18 UTC
Re^9: PBP in German out of print - solutions? -- lost in translation by Anonymous Monk on Sep 14, 2017 at 15:43 UTC
There is the famous story of a scientific book which was offered for 2 million dollars. That's hilarious. If you read to the end of the article, the price eventually went up to 23 million before someone intervened. If you think about it, this is a bit similar to the count-to-infinity problem encountered in network routing.	[reply]

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