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10-23-2008, 03:52 PM
| | |  Tales of Beedle the Bard to release in Braille, international languages confirmed
In a press release the Children's High Level Group, the charity benefitting from the sale of the Tales of Beedle the Bard (releasing on December 4th), has confirmed that a Braille edition will be available (produced in conjunction with the RNIB ( Royal National Institute of Blind People) in the UK and the National Braille Press in the USA), and that the book will be translated into 23 different languages.
As well as the Collector's Edition, the UK & US versions, there will be editions for; France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Korea, Poland, Slovakia, Taiwan, Czech, Brazil, Denmark, Portugal, Norway, Russia, Israel, Spain (Catalan), Hungary, Greece, Spain/Latin America, China, Japan, Vietnam and Finland.
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10-23-2008, 04:00 PM
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I am guessing, in due time, more languages will follow....like Irish Gaelic and ancient Greek.....
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10-23-2008, 04:02 PM
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oh how VERY awsome! im so glad they are releasing it in Braille 
and...still waiting for the swedish release haha
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10-23-2008, 04:19 PM
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10-23-2008, 04:22 PM
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i want the French one!
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10-23-2008, 04:50 PM
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Yay, there will be a Dutch edition as well! I was starting to think there wouldn't be one.. 
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10-23-2008, 05:20 PM
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I'd really love an edition from another country, like Japan!
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10-23-2008, 05:21 PM
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Denmark?! Whaat, I had no idea! aw, and I just bought it in english.. Whatever, I'll survive 
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10-23-2008, 05:24 PM
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yeahh!!!! i'm gonna purchase the greek one!!!!! i wonder when it will come out...!!!!!
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10-23-2008, 05:39 PM
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10-23-2008, 10:21 PM
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juhuu it will be translated in to danish. Can't wait...
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10-23-2008, 10:57 PM
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That's awesome!
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10-23-2008, 11:02 PM
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Magical Law Enforcement |  A book in brail?
Thats pretty cool. I want to learn how to read brail... It amazes me how people can read with their hands. But having a book in production with that many languages... Wow. That's a lot of printing (lol).
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10-24-2008, 11:35 AM
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Im SOO glad that people are making a brail book out of it beacuse If I was blind I would loveto read but think there arnt to many brail books out there
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10-24-2008, 11:58 AM
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*claps wildly* Oh my Merlin, a Vietnamese and Braille edition???!!!???? *hugsquishtackleglomp and twirls around like a ballerina* I hope they'll do the same thing with Quidditch Through The Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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10-24-2008, 12:13 PM
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10-24-2008, 03:03 PM
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That's awesome, I cant wait to get this book.
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10-25-2008, 01:26 PM
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 i can't wait too,it's like almost waiting for another potter-event! 
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10-25-2008, 04:24 PM
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It's good there making it in brail as well. Wouldn't be fair if they didn't.
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10-25-2008, 09:14 PM
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awesome ;P
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10-27-2008, 01:24 AM
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this is an amazing new!
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