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Hello! I am testing out a new approach to advancing in my Japanese studies! This would be so much easier if I lived in Japan already haha.
Anyway, I'm going to be trying some translation attempts. Also, I'll put down a kana and romaji translation to make sure that I'm getting the words correct. So, here I go.

2011年8月創刊の週刊子ども新聞については、「中 日こどもウイークリー」をご覧ください。

2011年8月そうかんしゅうかんこどもしんぶんにつ いては、「ちゅうにちこどもウイークリー」をごらんください。

2011 nen 8 gatsu soukan shuukan kodomo shinbun ni tsuite wa, chuunichi kodomo iikurii wo gorankudasai.


My Translation: Please look at August 2011's first issued published weekly newspaper regarding the China and Japan Kid Weekly.

Now, there are just some things I don't understand in this sentence. The に means "At" in this sentence right? That one I think I may be right, but am just verifying.
And let's say we were to break this sentence apart a bit; wouldn't the topic be "August 2011's first issued published weekly newspaper regarding~"?

And after the topic marker は that comes after ついて is "Please try to look at China and Japan's Kid Weekly."
However isn't ごらん used after the Te-Form of a verb? Since it's talking about a newspaper is it simply assumed that it means "Try and look at" since there is no "見てごらんください"?

Or is the は after ついて simply how it is when in Japanese you want to say "Regarding~".
For example,
Please read the newspaper regarding Japan's sushi.
新聞をついては日本寿司読んでください。

Thank you for all your help!
 
2011年8月創刊の週刊子ども新聞については、「中日こどもウイークリー」をご覧ください。

Please refer to "Chuunichi Children's weekly' regarding the August 2011 pilot issue of News for Children Weekly.

について is a set phrase meaning about, regarding, relating to etc. The Sino version is に関して.

日本のお寿司についての本が読みたいです。

は here is emphasizing clause preceding it, I.e. Regarding the pilot issue.

中日 is just name of the news paper 中日新聞社. 日中 refers to Sino Japanese where is 中日 is only applicable in Chinese or 固有名詞 such as 中日辞典. Each country wants to put itself first.

In Japanese
日露 Japanese Russian
日米 Japanese American
日中 Sino Japanese

In Chinese
中俄 Sino Russian
中美 Sino American
中日 Sino Japanese

ご覧ください is the 敬語 of 見てください.
 
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