[HPforGrownups] Philippines Book Covers

[Nathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 8171

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>I'm just curious, has anyone ever seen a book cover for the Philippines, or
>do they simply use the American or British version there? I checked the
>cover gallery at http://www.redmailorder.com/potter/covergallery.htm and I
>didn't see any for the Philippines.

Hehe. We wish. I'm pretty certain Manila has the American edition covers. At
least all the National Bookstores and PowerBooks outlets I've seen.

>Also, does anyone know if any of the HP books are translated into
>Tagalog or
>Cebuano or some other major Filipino dialect? (I was secretly hoping for
>Waray-Waray, but I know that's never going to happen!) If I can recall my
>rusty Cebuano, I think it would be "Si Harry Potter ug ang Bato nga
>Filosopo/Salamangkiro" in that language. I kind of doubt they'd
>translate it
>into Cebuano, but it'd be cool to see it in Tagalog, at the very least.
>Please help me out here, O ye resident Filipinos on the list!

I doubt (given the current state of the nation and economy) that there will
ever be a Philippine edition and translation. A fanwork, probably, but
that's treading on dangerously explosive eggs. OTOH, given the mania of
dubbing Japanese anime and American animation into the vernacular, it might
fly. The bottom line is money, of course.

Nathan