Translation of HP again

[dumbledore11214]

Wellll, I swore that after mysterious dissappearance of Professor 
Sprout from book 7 and Neville becoming professor of potions, I am not 
getting book 7 in russian translation.

I am still not getting it :) BUT it seems that russian bookstores in 
New York are now importing ukrainian books as well.

I could not resist - Ukrainian cover art was so lovely if nothing 
else :)

So far I am not regretting it AT ALL. I cannot comment on the quality 
of translation all together just yet BUT the fact that Snape's last 
name is not spelled almost like you would spell **SNOW** in russian 
and the fact that they are not translating the names of the houses 
makes me feel reasonably optimistic, heheh.

Oh, and the poetry in the beginning is beatifully translated IMO.

Alla