Release date?

[pengolodh_sc]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter, "Jeremiah LaFleur" wrote:
> Jeremiah:
> 
> Well, first it ahs to be translated into other
> languages... then double and triple checked... and Jim
> Dale has to read the whole thing... OUT LOUD!!!! :) LOL.
> That poor man. So, I can see how it would take more than
> a year to get the book published. The first 3 or 4 were
> easy... she just had to have it translated into American
> English  (I'm American... I take full responsibility).
> Now it's in... what is it... 13 languages? Something
> insane like that.
[snip]

Christian:
I don't think they hold back publication of the original English 
version to wait for non-English translations to be completed.  
Certainly in Norway the translator has to wait until the official 
publication date before he has a manuscript to work with.  I think 
the various non-English language publishers may benefit from this - 
as the books in the series tend to be released mid-summer, the 
translations tend to be released in time for Christmas.  

I looks likely to me that the English-language editions don't really 
need the extra pull of Christmas shopping-season, while for the 
translations it might be beneficial as relatives buy translated 
editions as Christmas-presents for family-members they know are 
Potter-fans.  Certainly for me the only way I'd ever get a Norwegian 
translation of a Potter-book would be if somebody gave it to me as a 
gift - I wouldn't buy one myself, as I have read one, and was not 
particularly satisfied with some of the choices the translator made.

Best regards
Christian Stubø