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Cool. But not as cool as Alan Rickman!

Good for the Spanish speakers! I wonder why they took so long, though. The German translation came out 4 months ago. I hope, now finaly we won’t need spoiler warnings anymore.

That’s cool! I wonder why it takes so long to translate everything? the book has been out for over six months.

I can answer you; The editorial, Salamandra, is a very tiny unimportant one here, and by chance they got the rights in castillian for the books. The first books are a compleat pain to read for mistranslations and they do better when they take so long. Last books werent bad at all, but i wish they translated again the first four; i could make my boyfriend read them, but like they are right now i dont dare.

FINALLY! Now I can read the book again but in my language =P WOOT!

What an unattractive cover!

Graymayne: How rude! You can’t judge a book by it’s cover…..well….you can, sometimes, anyway…..

DeathlyH: Believe me, you CAN judge this book by its cover. I’ve already been told by several people some of the translations they made, and UGH. Just… no. I was gonna get it today but in the end decided not to. I can definitely wait a few more days to get the last book and have the complete series in spanish in my bookshelf.

What were some of the translations, Isabel?

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! ^{^ I was there when they started selling it, and it was so funny!! XD The books were in the fourth floor and had to walk the stairs down to the first floor to pay for the book, and it lookes like a pilgrimage!! XD Everyone with their book!! ^} There were reporters everywhere, he he!! ^_

I have started reading it (I have read more than a third of the book now) and the translation is really bad, as usual… ¬¬ I could have done it better!! =(

I own books 4 and 5 in Spanish, but after that I definitely switched to English because that way I won’t miss the puns and all other important details! I saw many, many kids at the store today, waiting for six pm when the book was released. It’s sad, though, that they take so long to translate them. I read the first four in Spanish first, though, and they weren’t that bad. Actually, when I read the fifth it was quite different from the style in the previous ones. Anyway, happy reading, fellow Spanish speakers!

The translation is mediocre… really… I am reading the chapter 7 now and is…. horrible!!! they didn’t translate a lot of words like little children are going to understand everything!! and the emotional parts are really boring!! i hate las reliquias de la muerte!... I prefer english version… is so cool!

Yup, as pathetic as always… wouldn’t bear having just the first 6 books in spanish so I bought it anyway. I think this one is the worst: worst cover, worst translation.

For example:

All was well = “No habia nada de que preocuparse” = There was nothing to worry about (wtf?)

It’s amazing that the Harry Potter books are translated into 65 languages, it truly is. Initially, I read the first four books in Hebrew then switched to English. And that improved my English numerously.

MATIAS SAUCEDO: Just curious, how would you have translated it? “Todo estaba bien?”

I ask only because even though I’ve heard a lot of complaints on here about the Spanish translations and I still bought them anyway just to practice reading in Spanish. I spoke Spanish at home but English is my dominant language and my Spanish skills aren’t as quick. Plus I never studied Spanish in school so I’m not very good at spelling and grammar.

Hasta luego.

I read all the previous books, and I didn’t think they were that bad. I agree they could have done a better job at it, but I really don’t think they are that bad.

I read them in spanish just to keep my spanish reading skill in good shape, since I live in North Carolina and there isn’t many book stores that carry books in spanish unless they are famous, and is really a pain to order books on line, since they take so long to come.

Hasla luego y que disfruten el libro. F

Hi Brenda, Yes, “Todo estaba bien” is not only the exact translation, but in this case is also gramatically correct and perfectly acceptable. It’s not a phrase you would use in an academical context, but in the context the books are told is absolutely fine, and though it bears the same meaning as “No habia nada de que preocuparse”, fits better with the situation AND it’s the phrase the author chose.

I understand that translation is not an exact science, there are zillions of words and phrases that cannot be translated literally and sentences that need to be reconstructed entirely because the syntax between two languages can be very different. But when translators decide to change things by themselves it just gets on my nerves. And when a normal gal like me can spot not only “artistic liceses” but factual errors just by skimming through the books in a bookshop, it must for sure be a rubbish job (for those who’ve got OOP both in English and Spanish… Check chapter 21, when Harry tells Ron and Hermione about his kiss with Cho: in the English version Hermione looks exasperated at Harry’s “emotional range of a teaspoon”; in the Spanish version, she looks practically jealous. Shouldn’t the translator avoid boarding a ship? )

With the money Salamandra must have made with HP they could have afforded a better translator.

Very good! Thanks for the feedback. That came in very handy actually. Truly appreciated it Snape’s Mistress (COOL NAME!). =)

How was Molly Weasley’s line translated? Was her line destroyed? Was there no sign of ‘bitch’?

I would love to know how they translated that part indeed giggles