I know that I’m not the only one who thinks that lad is cool!

I’m so glad! Good for him, I read that he was just another huge HP fan and just wanted to please his friends, fellow eager HP fans, who could not read English. I guess he’s a real Gryffindor! ;-)

By the reaction to his standard of translation I would think he would be more suited to Ravenclaw. I just love this story.

I hoped he just wanted to share his work with others who were waiting for for the book and I’m glad they’re not going to sue him after all.

Hmmpf. Even if it wasn’t for financial gain, it still isn’t legal. If he was that impatient, just read your translation yourself!

Yay! Good on him!

Of course he wasn’t doing it for financial gain. I could have told you that. People share files so that others can enjoy them.

This is great, he did not deserve to be put in jail! I’m also very glad that it was JK Rowling’s decision, not the French government’s, to rest the case.

Well, unauthorised translations do cut into a publisher’s/author’s profits, so it was illegal, but it sounds as tho the authorities have handled the situation very well.

Gallimard is THE premier French publisher, there really is no equivalent in the UK or the US. I think Pierre Nora is still in charge, but not certain on that….and he has both good business and common sense, and a great sense of humor, i can see him roaring with laughter once he realized it was a kid who did the translation!

That young man may very well have found himself a career! The French educational system from lycee through universities are all interlocked with publishers, tv, film etc, and with talents like his, he should do very very well!

I’m glad common sense prevailed in all this, he was merely trying to get the story to non-English speakers before the story was spoilt waiting for the dumb official French translators to get off their backsides and finish translating what they’ve had for ages (why is it taking so long, it’s so unfair?!). I feel so bad for those who haven’t been able to read the book yet because they are unable to, every day the risk someone could spoil the ending or whatnot must be terrible, especially if you are emotionally invested in the series. 3 Months is unacceptable, I’d be livid! I have lost some respect for JK bringing the whole thing up as she’s always maintained she didn’t want it spoilt for any of the fans and yet she hasn’t come out and voiced displeasure with the international translators taking so long but she will bring this poor fan to the police’s attention. Why didn’t she ensure that it was tranlsated internationally before releasing it if she cares so much about it not being spoilt for anyone?! Glad she’s had the decency to drop it, it was uncalled for as he was never out for profit.

see and he wasn’t even asking for any payment! hm, why am i suddenly reminded of a house-elf?? i’m relieved that’s done. i would’ve been very disappointed indeed if he was sued and pursued.

The fact that a regular french teenage HP fan can translate Deathly Hallows to “near-professional quality” faster than the french publishers is ridiculous. Shame on Gallimard, especially since DH is such an important and eagerly awaited book. Thank goodness Jo Rowling saw sense and didn’t put this obviously-devoted HP fan behind bars.

“Bah, ee waz only trying to elp ez friends”, Fleur Delacour Weasly.

This decision will have had nothing to do with JKR herself. I doubt she was even informed let alone consulted. (Though she may have intervened of her own accord after she read it in the press).

The manuscript is sold by her UK agent/publisher to any foreign language publisher as a ‘commodity to exploit’ and not as some sort of holy and revered text. Sorry, but that’s how capitalsim works. This is all about their money. What to do in this case would have been solely up to the French publishers and their lawyers. Thanks heavens they saw sense. I agree no charges should be brought but this really has nothing to do with JKR. She probably first read about it in the press like us.

They ought to just hire the kid.