[HPforGrownups] Re: Bad Translation

[Sheryll Townsend]

No: HPFGUIDX 6849


--- Kaitlin  <ReinaKata02 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> One thing that I think is interesting, however, is
> how they change
> Tom 
> Riddle's name.  If you recall, he writes out TOM
> MARVOLO RIDDLE and 
> rearranges it to spell I AM LORD VOLDEMORT.  In
> Spanish, he is TOM 
> SORVOLO RYDDLE so that when rearranged, it spells
> SOY LORD VOLDEMORT. 
> How do other languages do this passage?  I would be
> interested to
> find 
> out.
> ~Kaitlin

I checked the French version, it reads TOM ELVIS
JEDUSOR which when rearranged spells JE SUIS
VOLDEMORT. Decent enough translation, but 'Elvis'?
Sounds rather tacky to me.

Sheryll


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