Here we have the first of Marina's translations, "Yeti Scarponi":



She was also kind enough to translate the commentary that we wrote to go with the strip. You can find both this translated commentary and a link to download the Inkscape SVG file for the translated comic by clicking here.

If anyone wants to read the original English version of the comic or commentary, you can find them by clicking this link.

I've set up a spreadsheet on Google Docs to keep track of the translations, and spaventapasseri suggested I should post it here. Anyone can view it, to see what progress is being made:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq_Bv_DvQyIjdHlPMGZNUHRfYUxsdzByUXl4ZGlnRnc&hl=en


If anyone else is interested in translating any of our comics please get in touch. I can then send you some notes and guidelines to help, and grant you permission to edit the spreadsheet so that you can indicate which comic you're working on. It would be great to fill out a few more cells in the document.

I am Mark, one of the creators of the comic, and I'll be visiting this forum from time to time to answer any questions about our work.

I want to clarify that all of our comic strips are 100% made using Inskcape. As proud Inkscape users we also make our SVG files available for you to download for personal use. So if you see something in a comic and want to know how we achieved the effect, you can download the file and take a look (or just ask me here).

Many thanks to Marina for her offer to translate some comics, I'm looking forward to seeing our work spread across the world  yeah

Ciao utenti di Inkscape. Io non parlo molto italiano, quindi mi scuso per gli effetti del traduttore di Google sulle mie parole.

Io sono uno dei creatori di "The Greys", il fumetto legato soprattutto (www.peppertop.com). Sì, i nostri fumetti sono interamente creati in Inkscape. Facciamo anche i file SVG disponibile per il download in modo che sia possibile aprirli in Inkscape te stesso per imparare da loro, o modificarli.

Abbiamo effettivamente rendere il nostro discorso bolle in un modo diverso per il link sul primo post:

1) Fare un rettangolo arrotondato.
2) Convertire che a un percorso.
3) passare allo strumento Nodo e fare clic su un lato del percorso per selezionare i nodi a ciascuna estremità.
4) Premere "Inserisci" due volte per creare tre nuovi nodi.
5) Spostare il nodo centrale per la bocca del personaggio, e spostare gli altri due nodi più vicini fino a che non guarda a destra.
6) Noi di solito trascinare le linee che punta al carattere di dare loro una leggera curva.

Sono felice di rispondere a qualsiasi domanda sul fumetto. Siamo anche ansiosi di vederlo tradotto in altre lingue, così se qualcuno volesse tradurre qualsiasi dei nostri fumetti in italiano, si prega di mettersi in contatto e vi aiuteremo in ogni modo possibile.



In English:

I am one of the creators of "The Greys", the comic linked above (www.peppertop.com). Yes, our comics are entirely created in Inkscape. We also make the SVG files available for download so that you can open them in Inkscape yourself to learn from them, or modify them.

We actually make our speech bubbles in a different way to the link on the first post:

1) Make a rounded rectangle.
2) Convert that to a path.
3) Switch to the Node Tool and click one side of the path to select the nodes at each end.
4) Press "Insert" twice to create three new nodes.
5) Move the middle node to the mouth of the character, and move the other two nodes closer together until it looks right.
6) We usually drag the lines pointing to the character to give them a slight curve.

I'm happy to answer any questions about the comic. We are also keen to see it translated into other languages, so if anyone would like to translate any of our comics into Italian, please get in touch and we'll help in any way we can.