Fantastic Beasts is here! Get deals on the Harry Potter movies, and find all the books and music from J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World. HARRY POTTER I DAROVI SMRTI. The Harry Potter logo used in first the American and other non-English editions of the novel series, and then in film series The series of fantasy novels by have become some of the most widely read works of in history, with readers of all ages and in many countries. In April 2011 worldwide sales of Harry Potter books were estimated to be about 450 million copies, [1] and the books have been translated from the original English into at least 68 other languages. However, there are two separate Portuguese translations (one into and one into ) as well as two separate Chinese translations (one using and the other ). Therefore, editions of the books have been published in at least 70 distinct language versions. (This does not include the separate edition, nor the adaptation of the Catalan edition, nor the separate Serbian edition published in the.) [2] [3]. Contents • Translation process 1 • List of translations by language 2 • Unauthorised translations 3 • Fake translations 4 • Americanisation as translation 5 • Issues in translation 6 • Translation strategies 6.1 • Culture and language 6.2 • Rhymes, anagrams, and acronyms 6.3 • Invented words, proper nouns, and names 6.4 • Plot points 6.5 • Character gender 6.6 • Notes 7 • References 8 • External links 9 Translation process For an authorised translation, the publisher must first negotiate and sign a contract with the author's agents, The Blair Partnership. [4] A list of authorised publishers can be read on J. Rowling’s website. The publishers select translators locally. Translators were not granted access to the books before their official release date in English; hence, translation could start only after the English editions had been published, creating a lag of several months before the translations were made available. This necessary delay has boosted the sales of English language editions of the books to impatient fans, in countries where English is not the first language.
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