RAB is RAZ

[hickengruendler]

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> 
> Miles:
> The translators had big problems in books 1 to 6 too, so this 
argument is a
> bit weak. E.g., to make the anagram "I am Lord Voldemort" work in 
German,
> the translator hat to change Tom Riddles second name 
into "Vorlost", which
> sounds awful not only for me ;).  

Hickengruendler:

I know. I am from Germany as well. :-) But these problems are of a 
different kind, IMO. If R.A.B. is a Bagman or Bones, and those names 
aren't changed in the translations, then there is a pretty big plot 
hole coming. If it for example turns out to be Amelia Bones or Amy 
Benson, than the initials probably don't fit, and the translators 
have a big work to do to explain, why the initials don't fit the 
characters name at all. That's why I think that it would be good if 
JKR explained R.A.B. to the translators (and to me it seems that she 
did). The worst thing that could happen with the Voldemort anagram 
was, that they have to change Tom's real name to a really awful 
sounding one. But at least that doesn't influence in any way the 
logical progression of the storyline.

Hickengruendler