Harry

Potter

Marta

Vélez

Laia

IntroductionTranslationNames that changedMeanings of the namesHelpful phrases for every-day usesDifference of words between USA’s English than UK’s English.Interesting points and curiosities

Sum

mary

Introdu

ctionStory of young boy who discovers he is a wizard, destined to fight evil, covering the seven years (age 11-18) that he spends at Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Seven books

There are seven

books:

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Story- England’s Magical School

- Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

- 7 years of study

- Four Houses which act as student

families:

Gryffindor

Ravenclaw

Hufflepuff

Slytherin

- Sorted on first day of first year

Poor

Translation30% of meaning have been lost in

Spanish/Catalan translation.

The biggest problem is the style.

The humour is lost in many

occasions.

In English version and Catalan

version Hagrid speaks wrong.

Spanish version he speaks as

correctly as Dumbledore.

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Gnomes

Goblins

Horcruxes

Half -Blood

Prince

Locket

The Chamber

of Secrets

Scourgify

Stupefy

The Invisibility

Cloak

The Dark Lord

Names that

changed

Colin

Creeve

y

Oliver

Wood

Teach

er

Sprout

Names

that

changed

Penelo

pe

ClearW

ater

Names that are justified

to have been changed

Tom Marvolo Riddle

The names of the

ghosts

The Marauders

members

Meanings of the names:

The Trio

Ron

Weasle

y

Hermio

ne

Grange

r

Harry

Potte

r

Meanings of the names:

Dumbledore’s Army

Ginny

Weasle

y

Neville

Longbo

ttom

Meanings of the names: Order

to the Phoenix

Sirius

Black

Remus

LupinLily

Potter

Arthur

Weasle

y

Meanings of the names:

Professors

McGon

agall

Albus

Dumbl

edore

Hagrid

Severu

s

Snape

Meanings of the names: Death

Eaters

Tom

Marvol

o

Riddle

Bellatri

x

Draco

Malfoy

Lucius

Malfoy

FOUR HOUSES

Helpful phrases for

every-day usesIn the first book there are

some useful expresions,

but not all are correct.-Swat

- Oh, shut up, you great prune

- I’m going to bust your heads

- You have something on your nose

- He’s lost his marbles

- Never try to get a straight answer from a centaur

- It almost ripped his legg off, he isn’t gping to try it

again

- Oh, let’s go and give her a kick, just once

- They should have sacked me and forced me to live like

a muggle

DIFFERENT WORDSHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone = Harry

Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

UK words USA words

- Car park

- Jumper

- Crisps

- Football

- Holidaying

- Cupboard

- Pants

- Parking lot

- Sweater

- Chips

- Soccer

- Vacationing

- Closet

- Briefs

Interesting points and

curiositiesSpanish

version

English

Version

E

(Extraordinario

)

O

(Outstanding)

S (Supera las

expectativas)

E (Exceed

Expectations)

A (aceptable) A (acceptable)

I P (Poor)

Questions. Are you a

freak fan? Which fantastic animals have a legendary origin?

What fear spiders?

Is really “Avada Kedavra” a curse?

Why Sirius Black becomes in a black dog?

Why it is good eat chocolate after a Dementor

attack?

If Dumbledore is so powerful, should not he

confront Voldemort?

Why the mirrors are magic?

Why gnomes are so good bankers?

Why the third test is placed in a maze?

Why Voldemort put a Dark Mark at the Death

Eaters?

Why Profesor Mcgonagall turns into a cat?

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ENDS