{"id":5095,"date":"2016-08-08T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intrawelt.com\/harry-potter-and-the-many-mysterious-translations\/"},"modified":"2020-02-06T16:36:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T15:36:50","slug":"harry-potter-and-the-many-mysterious-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/harry-potter-and-the-many-mysterious-translations\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter and the Many Mysterious Translations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00938<sup>th<\/sup>\u0094 instalment of the series, <strong>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child &#8211; Parts One &amp; Two (Special Rehearsal Edition Script), <\/strong>the Official Script Book of the Original West End Production, was released on <strong>31 July 2016 in the UK<\/strong>, Harry Potter\u0092s birthday. The first batch of tickets have now sold out for the Production in London\u0092s West End. Fans all over the world are <strong>awaiting the release of the book in the official language of their countries,<\/strong> as translators only receive a copy of the text once the English version has been published and is on sale in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The first book in the Harry Potter series was released in the UK on 26 June 1997 \u0096 yes, we too are surprised at how long ago that actually was \u0096 and the franchise has since been one of the <strong>most successful<\/strong> of all time. Continuously breaking records such as <em>most sold<\/em> in countries <strong>all<\/strong> <strong>over the world<\/strong>, it is safe to say the 7 first books of the franchise are <strong>international bestsellers<\/strong>. Not only are the books famous worldwide, but so are the eight films, the related works by J.K. Rowling, the studios in London (a must see!), the theme park in Florida, the merchandise and much, much more!<\/p>\n<p>Such a huge fan base is of course due to the <strong>sheer brilliance<\/strong> of the storytelling achieved by <strong>J.K. Rowling<\/strong>. As a translation agency however, without detracting from the incredible accomplishments of Rowling, we automatically think of the massive role played by translators in the success of the franchise; without the translated versions of the books and films (available in over 60 languages) a lot of the fans would not have been able to access the wonderful Wizarding World.<\/p>\n<p>In the British English version alone there are many peculiarities, interesting places and creatures, and new words; the foreign language versions don\u0092t disappoint, as well as <strong>highly accurate translations<\/strong>, they <strong>adapt<\/strong> the curious made-up names to the target language. Some of our favourite examples of these are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>Italian<\/strong>, Minerva <strong>McGonagall<\/strong> becomes Minerva <em>McGranitt<\/em>, Albus <strong>Dumbledore<\/strong> (from the English bumblebee) becomes Albus <em>Silente<\/em> and Neville <strong>Longbottom<\/strong> becomes Neville <em>Paciock<\/em>, while the word for <strong>squib<\/strong> (a wizard by blood but with no magic powers) is simply <em>magon\u00f2<\/em> (meaning <em>wizard-no<\/em>), and the translation of <strong>Hufflepuff <\/strong>(one of the four houses at Harry\u0092s school) is <em>Tassorosso\u00a0<\/em>(meaning Redbadger).<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>French<\/strong> and the <strong>Brazilian Portuguese<\/strong> versions for <strong>Hufflepuff <\/strong>are perhaps closer to the English word than the connotations of the words themselves; French opted for <em>Poufsouffle<\/em>, whereas the Brazilian Portuguese opted for <em>Lufa-Lufa<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clearly the translators who worked on the series have been extremely creative, finding ways to keep the magic of the books alive even in translation, each with their own approach to the process. The Italian versions were translated by two different people, one translator carried out the adaptation of the first 3 books, whilst another worked on the last 4 books; however, the discrepancies between the names of some objects and people of the Wizarding World did not go unnoticed by Italian fans, showing again the central role of consistency in translation quality.<\/p>\n<p>Translation and magic aren\u0092t all that different you know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00938th\u0094 instalment of the series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child &#8211; Parts One &amp; Two (Special Rehearsal Edition Script), the Official Script Book of the Original West End Production, was released on 31 July 2016 in the UK, Harry Potter\u0092s birthday. 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