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Old 05-04-2007, 01:47 AM
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Slovenian Harry Potter fans find themselves worried concerning the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Why? Well, the first five books of the series have been translated by Jakob Kenda for Epta, a small publishing house. However, in 2005, prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Epta announced that the 6th and 7th books of the series would be translated by Branko Gradisnik.

The fans patiently waited a total of 7 months for the translated version of HBP only to be disappointed. It turns out that Gradisnik had never even read the first five books! Many details were wrongly interpreted by the translator so to interfere with some aspects of the plot and the personalities of various characters. To top it all off, Gradisnik added a 24 page “Explanatory Appendix” which explains his choice in some of his modifications which readers called an “inexcusable violation of JK Rowling's book”.

According to hpslo.com, 85 percent of readers would like Jakob Kenda back. The fans are currently waiting for an answer to their questions and worries.


Source: HpSlo.com :: The Slovenian Half-Blood Prince and a Muggle translator
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Old 05-04-2007, 09:38 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Old 05-04-2007, 10:24 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Old 05-04-2007, 11:45 PM   #54 (permalink)
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That's totally ridiculous. I know how the fans feel like.
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There's no excuse for what that interpreter did! He should be dismissed immediately, especially with taking liberties with another authors work!!! The other one, who did things right needs to be hired!!!!!!
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You see, the good translator wont be hired, because Epta didn't pay him enough money, so he doesn't want to translate anymore.
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OMG! I'm so happy you reported this. Last year it was just shocking for us when we heard about it. Now, I get to know that Gradišnik will be translating 7th book too I'm so dissapointed. Epta is doing a big mistake.

When I recieved my HBP book and when I started to read it, I closed the book and I couldn't start to read it again. Some words are just horrible! Even we (Slovenians) don't know them and I can't translate them. I went, then, to library and borrowed the English one.

I just remembered, how crazy we went! We wanted to have a strike...it was shocking

And, we did write to Kenda and some of us spoke to him. (I recieved two mails from him). We were asking him, if he could translate the book again, but he had an argue with Epta and he said, he's not sure about anything.
So it was your country, Maya How can they do this to you? ´s wrath will be eartquaking ....

But do I understand right: We can actually thank Epta for having you here?

Strike would have been a good idea: If you wouldn´t have bought the book, they might have been forced to hire the old translator with decent salary ...

I think the books ought to be given to only persons who love them to translate them. This doesn´t of course mean they oughtn´t have a decent payment for their job ...

If that new translator thought this will bring him "name" and some extra cool jobs, he probably got all lost. Well, a bad name he obviously got for this ....
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So it was your country, Maya How can they do this to you? ´s wrath will be eartquaking ....

But do I understand right: We can actually thank Epta for having you here?

Strike would have been a good idea: If you wouldn´t have bought the book, they might have been forced to hire the old translator with decent salary ...

I think the books ought to be given to only persons who love them to translate them. This doesn´t of course mean they oughtn´t have a decent payment for their job ...

If that new translator thought this will bring him "name" and some extra cool jobs, he probably got all lost. Well, a bad name he obviously got for this ....

Yes, it is

You can say so
Well, Epta started to publihs the books. From the PS to HPB and they will publish Deathly Hallows too. Kenda stopped translating, because Epta didn't pay him enough money.


Yeah, I know. But some of the fans thinks Gradišnik did a great job, but most of us think it sucks.

We conected with Kenda, because we wanted him to translate it, but it seems like he didn't do nothing.

The funny thing is he translated the Lord of the Rings. He did a great job, but he messed all up with HP. I really wish, they will change the translator, but I know they wont. I guess I'll just have to read it in English first, and then in Slovene
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He´s already done something remarkable Now I don´t understand a thing .... Wait: Lord of the Rings. He doesn´t respect Harry Potter/Rowling, and thinks the explanation parts are what make the books worth reading. I think those parts are almost always annoying and can easily spoil even a good book
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Right. He didn't even read the books and he write a dictionary where he explains why he turned some words around and why did he even translate it that way.

Yeah, but nothing will spoil HP There is always an English copy of it

It's awful
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I certainly hope those poor fans get what they want. How stupid of them to get someone who had never read the books to try to translate the penultimate one. I can only imagine how confusing it was for them to read it and say "What the heck is this person doing?!?!?!?!"
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That's so bad! I can't believe that!
At least there is an English copy for all of you to read!
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i hope they get it re-translated.
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thats is so hopeless, he's in no position to translate a book if he havent read the entire series. what a bummer!
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oh,poor,poor them!i really pity those ppl out there!
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Old 05-17-2007, 01:49 PM   #72 (permalink)
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I'm from Slovenia and yeah, Slovenian translation of HBP is crappy. I read the original first and when the translation came out, I tried to read it. Sadly, I'm still somewhere around page 200.
I hate the attitude of EPTA and Mr. Gradisnik. Money rules the world.
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That's horrible!!!! People shouldn't do things like that... That's almost cruel. No, that IS cruel, and especially to add to JK's book without permission.
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Old 08-22-2007, 11:45 AM   #74 (permalink)
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I am from Slovenia and now we got for seventh book old translator and new publisher. Jakob J. Kenda will also translate sixth book. Now it's all OK.
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