Translations

[Laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 61089

I agree with you.  I read SS in French (Harry Potter a l'Ecole des Sorciers) and 
it was amusing, but definitely not as enthralling as pure JKR.  In fact, the only 
reason is was really entertaining was to see the translations of HP-world 
terms into French.  Muggle was Moldus, Ravenclaw was Serdaigle, Hogwarts 
is Poudlard, and obviously the list goes on. 

 I think you're right about stricter translations, but it's good to see that the 
books are really so good that they can cross the language barrier easily, even 
without exceptional translations, and people still love them anyway!

Laura