[HPforGrownups] Re: PoU and Draco Dormiens in German!

[Aberforths_Goat]

No: HPFGUIDX 5297

> *blinks in stunned shock* Are you SURE? Erm, I couldn't get that link
> to work but the whole concept seems bizarre to me. Why anyone would
> bother to translate DD is a mystery to me (although I have now had
> versions of the Chimney Sweep Song in French and Spanish sent to me).
> Um, how did you find that so I can go forth and look myself?

Sorry for the crazy URL.  It was supposed to take you directly to the fanfic
translation page.  Try this one instead:

http://www.harry-auf-deutsch.de/

Apparently, they had 500 people involved in the GoF translation project by
the time they finished.  They've set up an interesting system: you "buy"
your copy of the translation by signing up to do a piece yourself. After
they receive your finished work, they send you the entire corpus. I suppose
it's illegal (certainly the GoF part; what's the copyright status of
fanfiction??), but I can't help admiring their fanaticism. And it's rather
comforting to know that we aren't the only nut cases in the hemisphere ...

BTW, if you mention that you're the author, perhaps they'll give you a
translation for free. <sardonic grin>

Baaaaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
http://profiles.yahoo.com/aberforths_goat