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This document summarizes the challenges in translating proper names, places, and objects from the Harry Potter books into other languages. It discusses how the names of main characters like Harry Potter, Severus Snape, and Albus Dumbledore were generally kept as borrowings, though some changes were made for languages like French. Concepts from the books like "Mudblood" and spells like "Occlumency" and "Legilimency" were translated using calques or by deriving from Latin roots to maintain meaning. The transl

Author

Natalia

Language

EN