Things I can't bear in the Taiwanese/Chinese versions

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Alexandra Y. Kwan" <litalex at y...> 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?
> 
> little Alex

The Chinese versions (both mainland and Taiwanese) were very badly 
translated in every single aspect.  Taiwanese version is marginally 
better but not by far.  The Mainland Chinese version, in particular, 
has very strange sentence structure and reads like English written in 
Chinese.  JKR's marvelous narration was totally butchered; the names 
of characters were long and confusing and it takes hours to figure 
out who's speaking to whom; the translator sometimes take the liberty 
to change the meaning of speeches ... and don't get me started on how 
badly the chapter Parting of the Ways is translated.  The translator 
managed to take all the sense of urgency and tension out of that 
scene -- Dumbledore sounds senile; McGonagall hysterical; Snape 
sounds like he's going to book a table in Three Broomsticks for 
Dumbledore instead of some important tasks.

The ridiculous part is Cho Chong -- the translator didn't even bother 
to change her name back to the Chinese ordering i.e. Surname first, 
then given name.  It's very glaring.

Can't they get someone who can actually write Chinese?