Hebrew Translation of CoS

naama_gat at hotmail.com naama_gat at hotmail.com
Sun Aug 5 13:49:46 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 23632

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "- Joy -" <joy0823 at e...> wrote:
> A friend who bought me the Hebrew version of SS unknowingly got me addicted
> to comparing versions.  I love seeing how all of the spells, poems,
> wordplay, and names are translated.  Since I'm reading CoS (in English) now,
> I'm wondering how the end scene is translated.  How does Tom Marvolo Riddle
> rearranging to I am Lord Voldemort work in the Hebrew?  I checked HP
> Galleries, but they didn't have that on their comparison page.  Thanks for
> satisfying my curiosity until I find the motivation (and money) to get the
> book!
> 
> ~Joy~
> 
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Long time ago there was a thread here dealing with the anagrams in different languages and I 
sent the Hebrew one (message #6986). It is:

tom vandr[e]lo rid[d]l[e] = ani lord vold[e]mort

which translates literaly to "I am Lord Voldermort."

(The letters in square brackets represent vowelizations (?) - that is, in Hebrew it's 
vowels that don't appear as letters but as certain squiggles above or beneath the 
consonants.)

Naama, in desperate need of technical terminology









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