Revisiting the Spanish ‘Tykes’
In 2016 I published “Harry Potter and the Spanish ‘Tykes’“—no exaggeration, that investigation was the beginning...
Category: Investigations
Harry Potter and the Illegitimate Bengali Precursor
I look at a lot of Harry Potter books on a daily basis. Especially the first...
Harry Potter and the Serbian Snarl
This is less an investigation and more of a record. There’s nothing startling or particularly new—it...
Harry Potter and the Overlooked Marathi
Those sneaky publishers over at Manjul pulled a fast one and published a brand new authorized...
Harry Potter and the Basque Revision
This year, Elkar Argitaletxea started republishing their Basque translations of Harry Potter—joyous news since they’ve been...
Harry Potter and the Bewildering Chinese Abominations
A basic understanding of the two Chinese writing systems (Traditional and Simplified) and how they are...
Harry Potter and the Ever-Transfigured Arabic Translation
It is my pleasure to welcome a guest contributor to potterglot.net, Baldur Babbling, the author of...
Harry Potter and the Morphing Arabic Translator
These days I’m scared to take a close look at any of the translations! It seems...
Harry Potter and the Translation Demotion
I announced a new unauthorized Philosopher’s Stone translation last year, by one Li Ronghua. That may...
Su Nong—Translator of the Simplified Chinese Philosopher’s Stone—Doesn’t Exist!
I’m currently falling down another translation rabbit hole—Chinese this time—and I came across a really interesting...
