[HPforGrownups] Re: GoF - Chapter Nine
TrekkieGrrrl
trekkie at stofanet.dk
Thu Jan 20 09:01:07 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 122473
> Carol:
>> I'm guessing that you have the American edition, as I do. But I'm
>> pretty sure that the Bloomsbury edition says "one more Curse" to
>> perform rather than "one more murder." There was a discussion of
> this
>> discrepancy some time ago, but rather than resurrect old posts, I'll
>> just ask Geoff or someone else with the Bloomsbury edition to
> confirm
>> the point.
>
> Geoff:
> I think the quote you want is:
>
> '"One more curse... my faithful servant at Hogwarts... Harry Potter
> is as good as mine, Wormtail. It is decided. There will be no more
> argument. But quiet... I think I hear Nagini..."'
>
> (FOG "The Riddle House" p.16 UK Edition)
If it's of any use, the danish translation uses the word "curse"
(forbandelse) as well (mot likely, of course because it's translated from
the english version and not the american) - but sometimes it can be
interesting to see ho a word is translated into other languages.
~TrekkieGrrrl
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