Multilingual Living Magazines
Just like every other thing, magazines have played a huge role in our lives in the past. They still do but the trend of reading magazines is now very low. People consider it more of a vintage fashion. That is why, in many photoshoots people hold a magazine, pretending to read it to look more of an aesthetic person. Magazines can still help us learn new things that the internet cannot. In many American and many European countries, people still buy magazines but in Asia, it is not like that. Asians are more mobile phone people. Nevertheless, let’s look into detail about how Magazines came into existence, and especially about multilingual living magazines.
Unfolding
The human world is very vast when it comes to knowledge. parts of this knowledge can be stored and preserved in books and magazines. Books and magazines help verify the source of an information unlike the word of mouth. To get you started, let us get straight into multilingual living magazines and the role that they play.
What is a Multilingual Living Magazine?
Till now, you may have known living languages and dead languages. But now, it is time to familiarize you with something new, “living magazines”. Magazines have been popular since the 1900s. There have been different magazines since their origination. Some magazines came into existence while others got wiped away. The magazines that have been in circulation and are still printed, are called living magazines. Due to a few demands or lack of content, some magazines were discontinued. Only some of them thrived to survive. Read about what is a multi language translator?
Most of the magazines that are still in circulation are in different languages. Because of being in different foreign languages, it helps magazines reach a wider audience. These magazines are called multilingual living magazines. Most of these living magazines are now worldwide famous because of no language limitation. Millions of people order their monthly issues. Before introducing you to some of the world’s most famous multilingual living magazines, let us detail to you how and when did the world’s first magazine come into existence.
The Origination of Magazines
In the 1700s, the demand for literacy and intellectual prowess increased. Society’s lust for knowledge let the magazines emerge as a cultural reset. The first magazine had no illustrations. In 1731, an Englishman published a periodical “The Gentleman’s Magazine”. Cave was the first person to coin the term “magazine”. The word Magazine came from the Arabic word “Makhazin” which means storehouse. Well, magazines are for sure a storehouse of knowledge. Nevertheless, his goal was to publish something in which the general public would show interest (and he did that!). Later, in 1842, British Newsagent Herbert Ingram published the first illustrated magazine. Because of colorful sketches and illustrations, his work met success.
Some Characteristics of Magazines
In general, Magazines contain intriguing and sensuous photographs to attract the audience. The Front Covers of Magazines are glossy and contain headlines that often drive the audience. Firstly, The articles in a magazine are not lengthy. Because magazines are for a general audience, they are easy to read and brief in length. Secondly, magazines do not follow a specific format. Every magazine has its format. Moreover, they do not contain any citations or additional references. Thirdly, magazines usually have a lot of advertisements. It is another thing that makes a magazine colorful. Lastly, magazines always have a large variety of content. Each section has different content unrelated to the previous.
Some Characteristics of Magazines
Magazines have played a huge role in educating people about behaviors, daily life, society, and a lot more. Though every magazine is different from the others in terms of content, there are some things that they share. There are quizzes and puzzles which help in the mental growth of people. They become sharper and attentive. There are also different recipes that help aspiring chefs in a great way.
Multilingual living magazines help people from different cultural backgrounds and speaking different native languages, connect to each other. Moreover, there are also some personal experiences of people which give a sharper view of human life and society. Reading magazines develops a good reading habit as well as concentration. There is insider news in magazines that a normal newspaper does not have. Magazines give a clearer view of everything around us. Reading a magazine tells us more about life and helps us discover the undiscovered.
Do magazines also influence negatively?
Like every other thing, magazines have their adverse effects on people too. Magazines contain a lot about fashion and style with almost perfect-looking models on the front page. This greatly influences people’s minds especially that of women. They think that the way they already look is not good enough and looking like a fashion model seems more “normal” to them. What they do not know or do not even try to acknowledge is that these fashion models pay huge amounts of money to get worked on their faces and body. People just think that no matter what, they must look like them.
Moreover, the camera and lighting play a huge role in portraying them out as perfect when actually no one is. To be true, fashion models, whether male or female, do not even look like themselves in normal routines. This is how the younger generation especially women become victims of inferiority complex. But at the end of the day, it all just depends on how you perceive a thing.
How popular are multilingual living magazines nowadays?
Magazines have been very popular among the younger generation aged typically between the 20s to 50s. But recently the game has changed. Due to the advent of mobiles and other computer technology, the hype for magazines like that in the 1990s has now died. Unlike newspapers, magazines give a more detailed account of a thing. In general, magazines are more intimate. In comparison with other magazines, multilingual magazines have high demand. This is because people of different languages can read and understand them.
The business of newspapers already got flushed away in the ocean a decade ago. Magazines are also at the risk of extinction, if not now, then in the coming future. People do not consider carrying magazines with themselves. Instead, for convenience, they just have a mobile phone to read the experiences of the people and more about the world. Moreover, just like Ebooks, some E-magazines give people another reason to not buy printed magazines.
Here is a list of Multilingual Living Magazines
we have enlisted and briefed you about numerous titles in the world of multilingual magazines that are still printed and are in circulation below:
Marie Claire
Marie Claire is a British-French international magazine. It is issued monthly in more than 24 of the world’s living languages. Marie Claire was first published in France in 1937, and in the United Kingdom in 1941. It also has a multilingual edition.
Vogue
Vogue began as a newspaper in 1892 but after some years, it emerged as an International magazine. It is an American monthly lifestyle and fashion magazine. It is available in many of the worlds living languages including the Spanish language, English, French, German, Polish, Greek, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and many other world living languages.
Elle
Elle is a worldwide Magazine of French Magazine revolving around women and their lifestyle. Hélène Gordon-Lazareff founded it in 1945. It is available in more than 29 living languages including several minority languages.
China Today
Soong Ching-Ling founded this magazine back in 1952. It is also a monthly magazine. It is available in different living languages including Spanish Language, French, English, German, Arabic, Turkish.
A World Without Magazines. What would it be like?
Magazines and books resemble each other in a way. A world without magazines is like a world without books and a world without books is like a world without humans. Magazines are like humans. They entertain us, teach us life experiences, and give us a closer view of reality. It would not be incorrect to say that a life without magazines is alike black and white film. You see it, you can even be entertained by it but not in a way, a colorful film entertains you. Magazines bring people closer. We read each experience revolving around our lives and imagine what would I have done if I were in his/her place. Factually, magazines help a lot in decision making too.
Cessation
Magazines are a great heritage for us humans. unfortunately, we are giving up on this heritage gradually by sticking to mobile phones. Everything has its own benefits and advantages. everything is unique in its own way. One thing cannot take the place of another. For sure, we should use mobile phones but at the same time, we should not forget about books and magazines. Magazines have a different place and they cannot be replaced by whether It be E-magazines or T.V.
