[HPforGrownups] Re: MacNair/US changes

[Sheryll Townsend]

No: HPFGUIDX 6982


--- Neil Ward <neilward at dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> IIRC, JKR has been quoted as saying (not sure when
> or where) that she
> approved the changes from British to American
> English because she wanted
> every reader (I think she said 'child' but let's not
> upset Penny unduly) to
> have the same experience of the books and didn't
> want them to be stumbling
> over unfamiliar words.  No one would dispute the
> idea of a translation of
> the books into French, German or Japanese in the
> interests of communicating
> the story, but because the British and American
> languages are virtually the
> same there are obviously only a few words that need
> to be changed and some
> could argue that they should have been left alone. 
> With the later books,
> the adult readers had become more vocal [all raise
> your hands] and the
> perceived reader group was older, which is a likely
> reason there were fewer
> changes in GoF.
> 
> It would be interesting to hear from other
> English-speakers (Australians,
> New Zealanders, Canadians et al).  Do you have
> editions with slight changes?
> Is Hagrid's hut called a 'batch' in the NZ editions,
> for example?   Are
> sofas called 'lounges' in the Australian editions? 
> Are there any sofas
> mentioned at all?  I need to know... :-)
> 
> Neil

I believe our Canadian editions are the same as the
British ones. They haven't changed things like
'jumper' or Quidditch 'pitch' (the only examples I can
think of off-hand). I can't check the British versions
they sell here, as they insist on wrapping them all in
plastic.
> 
> (Welcome back Ebony and congrats on the job!)

I'll add my welcome as well - we missed you!

Sheryll



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