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08-02-2007, 04:44 PM
| | |  Government bans amateur Chinese Deathly Hallows translation
The Telegraph reports that government censors have banned an amateur Chinese translation of Deathly Hallows thought to be compiled by teenagers before the publishing of the official Mandarin edition.
Within a few days of the English release five chapters appeared on the fansite International Wizards' Alliance. Subsequent to complaints by The People's Literature Publishing House a notice was posted saying that the group had been disbanded. Quote: |
"The translation team is hereby dismissed with immediate effect," it said. "All translation activities have been stopped due to various reasons." The "various reasons" formula almost invariably refers to just one: a call from the authorities.
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Sun Shunlin, the marketing manager of People's Literature, said the amateurs were damaging business. "They directly infringed the rights of the writer, Ms Rowling," he said, but added that it was the job of the General Administration of Printing and Publishing, the central censorship body, to intervene.
According to "Wizard Harry", the 15-year-old behind the translation effort, no harm was intended. "The translation of Harry Potter 7 had no profit motive," he said. "Its only purpose was to share our enthusiasm."
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08-02-2007, 04:47 PM
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| | Nogtail
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good! happy they did that!
yay! first to post!
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08-02-2007, 04:58 PM
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poor kid....but he shouldn't have don eit anyway...tsk tsk.....-__- | |
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08-02-2007, 05:17 PM
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Thats sad, but im glad he got caught. | |
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08-02-2007, 05:20 PM
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Naughty naughty | |
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08-02-2007, 05:22 PM
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| | Nogtail
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Darn, that bombs... trying to help, but then it turns out to be illegal.... | |
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08-02-2007, 06:00 PM
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Aw, he was only trying to help. But he really shouldn't done it, I'm glad he was caught. | |
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08-02-2007, 06:18 PM
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Poor kid. It is good that he was trying to help, but should've have done it seeming it was illegal. | |
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08-02-2007, 08:37 PM
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that kid should really have thought about the consequences of his actions before he did that... | |
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08-02-2007, 08:45 PM
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Awww. He was only trying to help. Bless his cotton socks. But he shouldn't of done it. | |
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08-02-2007, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs Felton  Aw, he was only trying to help. But he really shouldn't done it, I'm glad he was caught. | Agreed! | |
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08-02-2007, 09:45 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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Thats great. They did the right thing... | |
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08-02-2007, 09:54 PM
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I'm rather of two sides on this. For instance, Japan sees fansubs and such as a good thing. The translation means that the manga or anime is popular in America, and the license is likely to be bought. Many people will buy the official translation when it's licensed in America. Not to mention, I know what it's like when you really want to read or play something that isn't in your language. On the other hand, China has enough problems with illegal works and copyright infringement, so I know it's not likely as being in America and whatnot that the official book will be bought if they can obtain it a cheaper way. | |
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08-02-2007, 10:13 PM
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| | Faerie
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that's good that they did that! | |
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08-03-2007, 12:26 AM
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Oh whoops, i hope that kid learnt his lesson! | |
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08-03-2007, 12:37 AM
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Good. I'm glad they did that. It's total pity. | |
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08-03-2007, 02:34 AM
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08-03-2007, 03:20 AM
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*sighs*I don't know what to think of these kids. | |
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08-03-2007, 09:42 AM
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He should have thought about what he was doing first. He got PWNED. LOL | |
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08-03-2007, 11:22 AM
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I don't understand why people would do that, anyway true fans would wait until the release date to get there very own copy to read instead of looking at translations! | |
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08-03-2007, 01:57 PM
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hopefully everything will be sorted out. | |
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08-03-2007, 03:38 PM
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I guess he'll think before he acts again. | |
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08-03-2007, 05:22 PM
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You can tell he meant well....and it seems like Sun Shunlin is more concerned with his business than anything else. I would probably do that - get my friends to help me! | |
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08-03-2007, 10:27 PM
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Is it just me, or has everyone's reaction to this been the EXACT SAME SENTIMENT!!
just saying... if you got nothing new, its kinda pointless to say it. | |
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08-04-2007, 12:29 AM
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I feel bad for the guy, who had good intentions in mind. | |
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