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07-22-2005, 06:50 PM
| | |  Arthur Levine talks editing Potter
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette has an interview with Arthur Levine who edits the Potter books for US publisher Scholastic. In it he discusses how British slang is translated for an American audience. Quote:
"I would never try to Americanize it," says Levine, but he does ask Rowling to clarify "purely British slang" so American readers get the right meaning, and he wants to make sure Americans can differentiate between British slang and Rowling’s magical inventions. "I would tell her when I don’t understand a phrase, or suggest changes of syntax to make things clear."
"She’s not a rigid person." He never forces changes with any author: "It’s up to them to take our close attention as it’s useful."
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"She has an overall plan, and she knows how it ends. But she still allows for some magic. Maybe when she reaches that end, she’ll change it." He’s fairly certain, he says, that she’ll finish with the seventh book, and then move on to writing something different. "I think she has left it wide open," he says. "She’s a woman of many talents."
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07-22-2005, 06:56 PM
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| | Phoenix
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That's cool. I hope he doesn't cut too much out! I'm glad he doesn't try to Americanize HP. I like to read the books in the proper context, although in the American versions I guess he translates the slang.
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07-22-2005, 07:03 PM
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| | Dragon
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hmm i always just thought it was different covers to start with, but i forget about slang and all that.
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07-22-2005, 07:13 PM
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she is defenatly a woman of many talents
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07-22-2005, 07:21 PM
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They leave in some of the British slang. I had to look up what "snog" meant. lol
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07-22-2005, 07:32 PM
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Well I have an Americain friend so when I speak english she thinks I'm the Queen or something! I've never read an US version, but I wonder if I would understand it has good...
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07-22-2005, 09:03 PM
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so lucky she gets to know the books wayy before us. She is right I think JKR is very talented in many ways.
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07-23-2005, 12:43 AM
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cool!! Thanks for that!!
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07-23-2005, 03:42 AM
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thats good iin a way that he makes it so us americans can understand the phrases
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07-23-2005, 05:17 AM
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I kind of wish they would leave it in there. Even if I didn't understand it, it would still be coo...
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07-23-2005, 11:43 AM
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She really is a woman of many talents...
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07-23-2005, 03:26 PM
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Yah, wowo I compleatly forgot about the whole 'editing' thing. Yeah, I wonder what was taking out....
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07-24-2005, 06:38 AM
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A Talented Woman...
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i WANT TO LEARN bRITISH sLANG!!!!! THATs coOL , but i'm GLAD SHE has many TALents
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07-26-2005, 04:05 PM
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I hate it when people try changing something that is so wonderful. If you take out to much slang then it looses it's character. I think it should be left as it is.
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07-27-2005, 04:01 PM
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I dont think HP should be changed at all. It should be exactly how JK Rowling writes it and thats that. And I really hope the last book is longer than HBP..JK has so much to clear up!
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07-27-2005, 04:27 PM
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| | Bundimun
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08-05-2005, 10:47 PM
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| | Skrewt
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some of the words in the
HP books are hard to understand but its
not only that book that has words that are
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