Editing Nancy Drew (section)

=== International publications ===
The main ''Nancy Drew'' series, ''The Nancy Drew Files'', and the ''Girl Detective'' books have been translated into a number of languages besides English. Estimates vary from between 14 and 25 languages.<ref>Plunkett-Powell (1993), 160.</ref><ref name="Fox">Shangraw Fox.</ref> Nancy Drew books have been published in many European countries (especially in [[Nordic countries]] and France) as well as in Latin America and Asia. The character of Nancy Drew seems to be more popular in some countries than others. Nancy Drew books have been in print in Norway since 1941 (the first country outside the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nancydrewworld.com/norwegian.html | title = Around the World with Nancy Drew&nbsp;– Norway | publisher = Nancydrewworld.com |date=December 21, 2001 |access-date=September 23, 2012}}</ref>), in Denmark since 1958, in France since 1955,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carolinequine.com/pages/Presentation_de_la_serie_Alice-504890.html|title=Présentation de la série &quot;Alice&quot;|first=Anne|last=Haunyme|website=Alice Roy ou Nancy Drew, et autres détectives...|access-date=Sep 27, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024135926/http://www.carolinequine.com/pages/Presentation_de_la_serie_Alice-504890.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in Italy since 1970 by [[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore]]. Other countries, such as [[Estonia]], have only recently{{When|date=March 2024}} begun printing Nancy Drew books.<ref name="Fox" />

Nancy's name is often changed in translated editions: in France, she is known as Alice Roy; in Sweden, as Kitty Drew; in Finland, as Paula Drew;<ref name="Fox" /> and in Norway, the book series has the name of ''Frøken Detektiv'' (''Miss Detective''), though the heroine's name is still Nancy Drew inside the books.<ref>Skjønsberg (1994), 72.</ref> In Germany, Nancy is a German law student named Susanne Langen. [[George Fayne]]'s name is even more frequently changed, to Georgia, Joyce, Kitty, or Marion.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} Cover art and series order is often changed as well, and in many countries, only a limited number of Drew books are available in translation.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}