[HPforGrownups] Newbie + translation questions

[Simon]

No: HPFGUIDX 20879

Cai Hui: <<<Hi, I've just subscribed to the list for a couple of days. And I
think I should do a bit of introduction before asking questions.>>>

Welcome.



C: <<<1. Has anyone ever addressed Lupin by his first name? In the Chinese
translation I have everyone is calling him Lupin and that just doesn't look
right. Surely Dumbledore would at least call him Remus? How about Snape? Lupin
always calls him Severus!>>>

Sirius uses his first name in Ch 18: "Hurry up, Remus..."
Peter uses his first name in Ch 19.
Dumbledore uses it in Ch 22, when Remus is about to leave.


C: <<<2. At the end of PoA, after Sirius has escaped with Buckbeak, Snape is
furious. In my Chinese translation, Fudge suggested that Sirius escaped by
*transfiguration,* and Snape answered no one could transfigure in the castle.
This is really weird because we've seen both McGonagall and Sirius transform
in the castle! Is it an inconsistency or a translation mistake? (I'm inclined
to believe the latter.)>>>

It should be that you cannot Apparate or Disapparate in the castle.


C: <<<3. When Harry tells Lupin that the thing he fears most is not Voldemort
but the dementors, does Lupin say "I'm impressed" (my guess)? My translation
goes something like "I remember" and that doesn't make sense to me!>>>

In the UK versions (Ch 11) it is '... I'm impressed.... That suggests that
what you fear most of all is - fear.'


C: <<<4. Does Prof. Trelawney know that Lupin's a werewolf? That conversation
she has with McDonagall in the Xmas dinner table reads like she do>>>

Lupin says at some stage that all the staff know. Quote (Ch 17) 'But they
already know [about him being a werewolf],' said Lupin. 'At least, the staff
do.' So it is a guess as to whether or not this also extends to Trelawney, but
I would guess it does.



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"... a minute owl, small enough to fit into the palm of his hand, whizzing
excitedly around the room like a loose firework."
"Oh, look at the weeny owl! Isn't he cute?"
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Jo Rowling
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