Uranus joke

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "angela_burgess" <MmeBurgess at m...> wrote:
> Hey all!
> 
> For some reason, I am not receiving digests (the last one I 
received 
> was on Sunday morning at 2 AM), so I am somewhat behind the times.  
> Anyway, the recent discussion of translation issues made me wonder 
> about how the Uranus joke translated into French.  I started trying 
> to find it in my French copies, but am having difficulty.  
> Unfortunately, I do not have my English copy of GoF at home as I 
> leant it to a friend.  Can anyone tell me what chapter it is in?

Hi there. It is in Chapter 13: Maugrey Fol Oeil (top of p184 in my 
edition)

It translates as something the following:

Lavender: "...j'ai une planete bizarre! Oooh, qu'est-ce que c'est 
professeur?"

Trelawney: "C'est la Lune, ma cherie"

Ron: Est-ce que je pourrais voir ta lune, Lavende?

So they used the word for moon instead of Uranus. If I remember 
correctly, "lune" is also a slang word for "bottom". Quite a good 
translation job, I thought.

Gaynor