Bad translation - Robes - Animal Transformation - Standing Officer - "Blood" Relations

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 24457

Little Alex wrote;

> Anyway, since I know some of our group members 
> definitely read the Chinese versions, I just want 
> to ask if you guys discovered anything that just 
> irks you to no ends?

I recall some member who read the mainland Chinese version complaining
that in it, Fudge said Sirius escaped by Transfiguration, and Hermione
said you can't Transfigure at Hogwarts.

Doreen wrote:

> why doesn't Hagrid ever wear a robe? 

Maybe they don't make robes big enough for him j/k.

Diane in PA wrote:

> I'm really interested to learn the history of
> Crookshanks, who seems to be much more than a cat.
> I suspect he may turn out to be an enchanted wizard.

I used to suspect that Crookshanks was McGonagall's offspring when she
was in cat form, but then JKR revealed in a chat that Crookshanks is
part Kneazle. I suppose it is possible that both are true: Minnie in cat
form coupled with a Kneazle.

Btw, Diane in PA, someone over on the OT list is looking for people to
join a southern PA and Delaware group or at least a group outing to the
movie.

Amy Z wrote:

> Draco, however, is an example of someone being 
> changed against his will . . . unless he has a 
> secret desire to become a ferret.  

Draco was only Transfigured to a ferret for a short time. Diane in PA
could also have mentioned McGonagall, another Animagus, but she did not
remain in cat form "long-term".

Suzanne rainy lilac wrote:

>  I can't see Lucius doing something so 
> common as running for office 

To me, Lucius would be even more unlikely to do something so common as
to take a Civil Service exam, be on a payroll, and apply for promotions.
Surely any official government job he has would be a Sickle-a-year man. 

> I wonder how Ministry officials are elected btw? 
> Now that I think of it, it does not appear that 
> they are voted in per se. 

I've been assuming that most of the Ministry workers are mere employees,
given their jobs by Civil Service exam or by patronage, and working
their way up from promotion to promotion. 

But you just now gave me a new idea of how the Minister of Magic is
(s)elected. I had been assuming some sort of election by the wizarding
folk of the people of the country for which he is Minister, but just now
I thought that the wizarding folk might have much more effective world
government than Muggles do... THE government is the International
(Con)Federation of Wizards/Warlocks, and it appoints a Minister of Magic
to administer each member country.

Hagridd wrote:

> Subject:  Is Harry Potter related to Tom Riddle?
> "Oy! That Tom Riddle is your uncle, Harry!

Someone asked JKR in a chat if Harry was related to Voldemort, and JKR
said something like "Ugh, that would be so Star Wars"
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