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08-16-2007, 11:48 AM
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A team of Chinese students successfully translated the newest Potter book, hours after the worldwide publication date.
The translation appeared on the internet hours after it was released worldwide, which is a few months before the official Chinese publication date.
The students added that they weren't to use the books for commercial purposes, and that they only translated the books because they love Potter. Quote:
China Daily reported that teenagers on their summer holidays had purchased English-language copies of the book as soon as they hit the shelves last month, and began translating.
The official Chinese Deathly Hallows will be published in October.
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08-16-2007, 12:04 PM
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| Keeper of Ginny's AttitudeBatty Bella Knarl
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Tessa Maria Kensington | Wow that must have been alot of work, congrats on doing it. But it is wrong to be illegally translated!
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08-16-2007, 12:08 PM
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| Billywig
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Nice one!! They must be really really good at languages!!
But they should have waited for the Chinese version. but then again, why didn't they release the book in all languages at the same time? It doesn't make sense to make fans have to wait any longer.
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08-16-2007, 12:14 PM
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| Niffler
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Originally Posted by BlazeTroy Nice one!! They must be really really good at languages!!
But they should have waited for the Chinese version. but then again, why didn't they release the book in all languages at the same time? It doesn't make sense to make fans have to wait any longer. They must be.
They're not released at the same time because that would mean having to give the book to even more people, which increases the risk of a leak.
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08-16-2007, 12:33 PM
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| Forest Troll
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Nice one Lucha
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08-16-2007, 01:10 PM
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| Mackled Malaclaw
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That would have been really hard to do.
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08-16-2007, 01:18 PM
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| Romanian Longhorn
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Though it was ilegal and they shouldn't have done it *shakes finger at them* I've got to say... Nice one, guys! XD
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08-16-2007, 01:39 PM
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| Veela
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Jillian McGuffin Sixth Year | Gryffindor Goddess wow...they translate fast!O_o but it was wrong to do that...-__- but, y'know the official translators just edit their translation so they can get it earlier... yeah...thats probably bad too... |
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08-16-2007, 02:08 PM
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| I'M A GLEEK! | | Rupert & McAvoy ♥ I'm a Cutie Patootie They did it fast! It was kinda wrong to do it but they did put that it wasn't done for money, so it was ok, right?
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08-16-2007, 02:18 PM
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08-16-2007, 02:20 PM
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08-16-2007, 02:21 PM
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Well done! I'm sure they did their best.
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08-16-2007, 02:24 PM
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| Billywig
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that's nice
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08-16-2007, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BlazeTroy Nice one!! They must be really really good at languages!!
But they should have waited for the Chinese version. but then again, why didn't they release the book in all languages at the same time? It doesn't make sense to make fans have to wait any longer. The book couldn't be read by ANYONE but those who JK allowed, it had to be realeased in English first so no translators would read it, and then the translators would get to it in English. It's just so nothing would leak BEFORE July 21st
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08-16-2007, 03:13 PM
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| Billywig
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It was sort of illegal to do that but it was a lot of hard work and I admire that.
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08-16-2007, 03:43 PM
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It's pretty illegal but it's hard work to translate especially in Chinese. So, congrats to them.
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08-16-2007, 04:01 PM
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| Puffskein
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Wow, that must've been a lot of hard work.
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08-16-2007, 04:22 PM
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| Bathes in Maple Syrup | Dancing Lobster | Mrs. Charlie Weasley | Seneca's Beard | That's So Fetch That's pretty funny. They can translate faster that the professional translators.
Even though they did it because they love Harry Potter, they still shouldn't have done it seeming it's illegal.
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08-16-2007, 04:36 PM
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08-16-2007, 05:39 PM
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| Keeper of Sirius’ wand Imp
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Jas Emily Evans | that must have been a lot of work! |
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08-16-2007, 06:40 PM
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08-16-2007, 06:56 PM
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| Imp
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Esmeralda Beck First Year | well hard work... if they want to translate it, they can do it but shouldn't be leaked on the internet and stuff... |
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08-16-2007, 07:27 PM
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Yeah, they must be good at languages, but it's probably not a good translation. There's a reason why the translators take so long -They're trying to do the original justice, copy JKR's style, translate the puns as good as possible
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08-16-2007, 09:19 PM
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| Billywig
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wow...cool
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