[HPforGrownups] Acronyms and translation issues

[Fiat Incantatum]

No: HPFGUIDX 34154

On 27 Jan 2002 at 16:51, Tabouli wrote:

> 
> I.R.R.I.T.A.N.T. (Indiscreet Rubeus Represents Irresponsibility, Teacherly
> Abandon and Needless Tippling)?

That reminds me ... F.I.D.E.L.I.U.S

Fleur Is Definitely Enchanting Laddies, If Unflatteringly Snooty

> 
> How'd they go with the Sorting Hat and Hogwarts school songs?  Rhyming poetry is
> another challenge for the translator. 

Some parallel translation sites for HP that I have run across are:

http://www.cjvlang.com/Hpotter/index.html

(Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese)


http://www.eulenfeder.de/int/gbint.html

(a number of European languages)







  
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