A little advice, though: do not steal your father’s car for any reason, or you may get une beuglante (howler) from your mother! Hagrid commonly says “blimey” or “crikey” in the English version when he’s late or worried about something and in the French version the translator got a little creative and translated some of his exclamations into phrases like “ Nom d’un vampire,” or “In the name of a vampire,” and “ Sac à méduses,” or “Jellyfish sack. Sometime around 2011, Gallimard once again came out with this lovely edition, again in small softcover format. The French version loses a few of the jokes behind names like "Diagon Alley" and the "Knight Bus," but Ménard did invent words like "ratconfortant" to stand in for "rat tonic" or "Choixpeau" as the official name of the Sorting Hat. And if you’re a Harry Potter fan, I definitely recommend giving the Harry Potter series a read in your language of choice.

Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with Bring Me! I never thought about it meaning alcohol, I always had a connotation of Quidditch in my head if anything. They were the most extraordinary years of my life, and a night like this is proof of the magical effect that Harry Potter has had on the life of its author.If you're not upto 4 hours in English, as a nerd I do often speak fast, contact me and ask for Sabine. The topic of this article is of a real-life subject that has been mentioned " in-universe" in a canon source. The French translator renamed it Poulard which roughly translates to “bacon lice” so you can see resemblance to the meaning of Hogwarts.

Some translations of names make sense to me, and others I barely notice the difference – Malfoy become Mal efoy to give it a more French look. She loves trying traditional foods and drinks from all over the world (ask her about the “happy water” she had in a tiny Vietnamese village) and making friends despite language barriers. The process of translating magical objects in Harry Potter must have been rather fun as you can really use your imagination to convey the meaning and purpose of these objects. Slytherin became Serpentard, while Hufflepuff was changed to Poufsouffle (which sounds so adorably like a Hufflepuff). Harry Potter has grown into a global community; readers from all over the world fall in love with this magical story.Fleur Delacour — a part-Veela witch who participated in the 1994 Triwizard Tournament; [12] [13] [14] [15] she moved to England in 1995 [16] and married William Weasley in the summer 1997. In English, "Hufflepuff" refers to the expression "huff and puff," most notably used to describe the wolf blowing on the houses of the Three Little Pigs. The translator took the word ‘hooch’ to mean a whiskey of bad quality, which is apparently what the word means (? This clever combination gives you choixpeau, or “choice-hat,” with the adjective magique thrown on just to let you know that this is a magical choosing hat.

The players fly around on broom sticks while trying to score points against the other team etc etc, you know how it goes. To translate "Snape" (Old English meaning "reprimand" or "snub"), the translator chose "Rogue," a rare French word taken from the Old Norwegian "hrôkr" and meaning "arrogant" or "unpleasant. Diagon Alley is translated to Le Chemin de Traverse which means “sideroad” or “the road less travelled.But I was also curious about some of the differences between the two books ever since I’d seen a thread on Tumblr that shared one of the funniest differences between the English and the French translation.