Erika Fuchs, née Petri, was a German translator. She is largely known in Germany for her major involvement in the localization process of American Disney comics, especially Carl Barks' stories about Duckburg and its inhabitants, as well the effects on the German language as a whole caused thereby.
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Memorial plate on Erika Fuchs's house in Schwarzenbach, Germany, donated in 2006 by the German D.O.N.A.L.D. The inscription reads in German, "In this house, Dr. Erika Fuchs (1906-2005) lived and translated for more than five decades. Her texts have profoundly crafted the world of Duckburg and enriched the German language."![The Erika-Fuchs-Haus [de] in Schwarzenbach a.d. Saale in 2015.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Erika-Fuchs-Haus%2C_Schwarzenbach_an_der_Saale.jpg/1280px-Erika-Fuchs-Haus%2C_Schwarzenbach_an_der_Saale.jpg)
The Erika-Fuchs-Haus [de] in Schwarzenbach a.d. Saale in 2015.Awards 4
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About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 2005 · aged 98
Written about in
10 languages
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