Jun 21, 2017 so i read both the dutch version and english version of harry potter, and can easily say i really liked the translation. Use the wooden stylus to scratch the pages and uncover the golden snitch, find someone hiding under the invisibility cloak, and reveal a shimmering patronusjust. Rowling wrote for charity, fantastic beasts and where to find them, eg. I read them in hungarian and english before so i had a good base for it. Harry potter and the translators challenge openlearn. Im reading for the first time this book to my daughter 6 years old, but for me 37 years old its the third time i read harry potter and the philosophers stone. This is a list of characters from the harry potter series of books by author j. Jun 29, 2017 everyone has been going a little crazy for harry potter this week, slightly more than usual thanks to the big 20yearaniversary. Editions include harry potter and the philosophers stone illustrated edition and the new harry potter book.
Spanish language versions of the harry potter books are now available for the first time ever in digital audio. Look deeper and youll find that many of the names have latin influence, and studying them might even help us understand the characters themselves a bit better. The title translates as harry potter and the mystery of the prince as with many texts, the harry potter series presents some special challenges to translators. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the.
What are the harry potter characters called in other. But, for him to say oh 60% of the names in harry potter are the name of demons is silly. The books refer to place names in the real world, and so those are translated in accordance with wellestablished practice. The chronological order of the harry potter books is the same as the publication order. Rowling is credited with making names such as luna and arabella the hits they are today. List of characters in translations of harry potter harry.
Harry potter in translation series harry potter wiki. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Are the harry potter books well translated into spanish. Is there any hispanic people in the harry potter books or. The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. Enjoy our free resources on the website including radio, television, ebooks, newspaper and magazine directories in over 50 language.
Harry potter in spanish spanishdict english to spanish. Since harry potter book 1 first publication, harry potter and the philosophers stone, on 26 june 1997, the novels have discovered tremendous popularity, critical acclaim, and business success worldwide. But for the many place names, local in particular, in harry s world, translation must be done freely, so as to recreate the feel of the place for the benefit of. For example, the incantation accio firebolt would cause the required broomstick to fly into the hand of the person using the charm. So i read both the dutch version and english version of harry potter, and can easily say i really liked the translation. To date, the harry potter books have sold more then 300 million copies worldwide in over 200 countries and the books have been translated into more than 60 languages only the bible can better those statistics. This is how you say lord voldemort in 10 languages indy100. Rowling are among the most inventive and inspired in literature since charles dickens created pip and oliver twist. Ive been told that the russian equivalent of harry is gary. The wand collection hardcover harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. So harry potter is gary potter in the russian translations of the books.
They are all characters who have appeared in a harry potter related book by j. The same pattern persists in the harry potter books in spanish, german, japanese, italian, and latin, all of which ive sampled. Its quite obvious to me that no such study was done. I will try, as a humble native french speaker and literary graduate yet not specialised in translation theory whatsoever, to provide the begining of an answer. Hogwarts library hardcover dobby bookend by noble collection. Along with luna and arabella, other harry potter names in the us top include alice, augustus, cedric, helena, marjorie, orion. Below is the order of all of the harry potter books, as well as recommendations for other books like harry potter. Harry potter series receives official yiddish translation. This article needs additional citations for verification. The translators of harry potter and the halfblood prince kept horcrux essentially the same in languages that use the roman alphabet, as can be seen below. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter movie scripts in a few months, the harry potter movie franchise will finally come to a climactic end. Why are so many names changed in the harry potter books in.
So in the first book, published under the title harry potter and the sorcerers stone in the u. Translating names in harry potter 2 language realm. When adding or editing titles, please add a transliteration of the title in english, and the meaning, if different from the original. Harry potter spanish vocabulary builder book 1 chapter 1. In russia, the harry potter books were translated by different translators from one book to the next, and as a result, the names of the houses changed from the philosophers stone to the chamber of secrets. The dog and handgun bottom, rival pub of the lamb and flag, staff are seen in the episode dough 1995. In harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry, a twelve year old boy is continuing another fascinating year at hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry. Why latin was so important to the harry potter books. The range of translation issues involved in the publication of the harry potter series is vast.
Prior to the worldwide success of the harry potter books, there were no formal guidelines from the british publisher of the original englishlanguage version regarding the translation of proper names. The etymology of harry potter characters is so detailed it could warrant a whole book in itself. This page is part of the harry potter in translation series. Harry is of course the young wizard featured in numerous incredibly famous books written by author jk rowling. Overall appraisal of proper names in the harry potter books chinese and japanese translation in general, the mainland translation of harry potter gives the impression of having been written by a scholar the names are accurate and conscientious attempts to render the english phonetically but are largely lacking in any magic or charm. This page is part of the harry potter in translation series a list of the harry potter book titles in languages other than the original english. The books concern a wizard called harry potter and his journey through hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
Display alphabetically grouped alphabetically grouped by frequency more options. Rowling was writing about a school in the uk and there arent that many spanish people in the uk, plus presumably the spanish have their own school. First we have the classic original covers, the ones that graced the books when most of us first read them which i still love and think are some of the best harry potter book covers. Oct 29, 2019 if youve read or seen harry potter, you know latin. The unforgivable curses, the various spells, even the names of the four houses at hogwarts, to name but a few, have latin or greek roots combined with familiar words. I decide to read spanish books geared for young adults and found the entire harry potter series i made it through the first 4 so far to be truly enjoyable reading. The harry potter in translation series is a series of articles and lists covering topics concerning translations of the harry potter books into other languages. Browse and buy harry potter illustrated editions and see beautiful harry potter illustrations from the hand of illustrator, jim kay. This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the harry potter universe. The books have been made into movies by warner bros. I assume that the pattern persists in other languages, if only because this is a general trend in the practice of translation. Jun 26, 1997 english harry potter and the philosophers stone italiano.
Harry potter harry potter glossary harry potter books. The books have also launched the infamous movie series. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Seven books and six films later, harry potter has proven itself to be one of the most financially successful book tomovie adaptations in history. For a complete list of links, please see that page. I remember the basic grammar but my vocabulary is pretty weak.
Harry potter is a series of 7 fantasy books set mostly in a wizarding world hidden within our own world and is about a boy, harry potter, and his friends, ron weasely and hermione granger, as well as various other characters whose importance changes as the story progresses. Harry potter in translation harry potter wiki fandom. Shop harry potter fantasy novels here the scholastic parent. Learn the definitions of all of the wizarding words in the harry potter books with this glossary of common words. Experience the classic harry potter films like never before in this interactive scratch art book. Names of people and places in the chinese, japanese, and.
This is a list of characters in the harry potter series. Its the edition translated by alicia dellepiane that i am looking at. Harry had gone through the triwizard tournament without madeye moodys help. The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the. However there are hispanic creatures in the book j. Learn harry vocabulary potter spanish with free interactive flashcards. Especially since a lot the translations are verg clever well, here are some names they translated in dutch. List of titles of harry potter books in other languages. There was also a magician named harry houdini in the 1900s. People are always recommending harry potter as the first book to read in a foreign language.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone deluxe edition. While, were on a role, here are twentyone more harry potter covers from here and around the world. This includes languages diverse as azerbaijani, malayalam and welsh as well as the dead languages latin and ancient greek. Follow the adventures of harry and his friends in the iconic harry potter fantasy novels. The harry potter book series by multiple authors includes books harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, and several more.
Rowling is one of the most translated series of all time, with the first book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, having been translated into over 76 languages. Lectorum unveils latest spanish language book in bestselling harry potter series in the u. Harry potter complete book series special edition boxed set by j. Personally, i think that most of the people recommending harry potter havent read the book themselves. See the complete harry potter series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Multilingual books publishes and retails products to aid in the learning in over 100 languages, since 1996. Translating names in harry potter 3 language realm. The name harry is of anglosaxon origin and means power. To say that the spells in harry potter are real spells is absolutely laughable. Ancient greek, basque, gaelic and welsh just some of the more obscure languages that the harry potter books have been translated into. This name generator will give you 10 random names for wizards and witches part of the harry potter universe. I read the first three harry potter books in spanish 2 years after i started to learn spanish. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003.
Some are real latin, others are fake latinbits of pieces of real latin and english mashed together into madeup wordsand there are a few nonlatin spells ill take a stab at. Most wizards and witches in the harry potter universe have regular names, but there are those with more quirky, outlandish or just slightly odd names and surnames. What are the harry potter characters called in other languages. And yes, you can profess your undying respect for all the harry potter translators around the world. To say that rowling, insufferable as she may be, went to. Harry potter paperback box set books 17 paperback harry potter. See authoritative translations of harry potter in spanish with example sentences and audio pronunciations. The main article on harry potter in translation includes information on languages into which harry potter has been translated, names of publishers and translators, and discussion of. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. Harry potter is a series of fantasy books composed by british writer jk rowling. Rowlings harry potter and the halfblood prince to launch worldwide february 23, 2006. The boy and girl names from the harry potter series by j. Translating names in harry potter 1 language realm.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Oct 02, 2018 harry potter series 17 pdf book and epub series. Everyone should read this book, if only to realize why the phenomenon harry potter has spread. Rowling provided translators with the alternative title harry potter and the relics of death, which was the basis for most of the international translations. Not only can an entirely new audience can experience the magic for. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is the us title of harry potter and the philosophers stone. If you like harry potter books, youll love chronicles of narnia.
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