Two and half months ago I made a promise to go through the Harry Potter series and read each book in a different language. I’m happy to announce that I have just completed the first one in Finnish and yesterday ordered Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens from Amazon.de.

In the beginning, when I encountered a word that I did not understand then I mostly turned to Google Translate to try to translate it. I was amazed how much Harry Potter specific vocabulary Google Translate actually recognizes! For example, Google Translate knows that Tylypahka is Hogwarts, huispaus is Quidditch and Rohkelikko is Gryffindor. For all other words there is Potterwiki.

Kaur :: May.01.2011 :: Raamatud, Uncategorized :: 2 Comments »