/lit/ - Literature

>read translations
>the translator made it less shit
>you'll never experience harry potter in it's original hilarious shitiness

>>6236127
iktf fellow pepeposter
that's why Im lurking this thread with a major hard-on

>>6236127
I remember there being some kind of major fuck up in one of the books due to a riddle (I think it was) being fundamentally untranslatable. I think it was in the book with that labyrinth thing where Harry had to find a trophy or something.

It's a long, long time since I read those books. Does anyone remember? It was pretty funny. The translator did his/her best but it just didn't work, it was some kind of play on english words or something.

>>6236130
Which language did you readit in ?

French here and I can't recall why everyone says it's awful, when I was a kid I didn't saw a big difference with the classics I read at the same time.

>>6236145
in polish, I can now tell why it's pretty casual and bland compared to proper, non-YA literature, but indeed, when I was a child I couldn't tell the difference between HP and the forementioned

though I couldn't quite tell the difference between anything, ever

>>6236166
>though I couldn't quite tell the difference between anything, ever

Not the worst sentence in the series, but in ch. 36 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the following lines are both on the same page:

'The reverse spell effect?' said Sirius sharply

'Diggory came back to life?' said Sirius sharply

All that money and she couldn't afford a second adverb

>>6236218
>being this autistic about a word being used twice on the same page

>>6236218
Sirius is a sharp man anon. It's called character building.

>>6236223

>complaining about autists on lit

>>6236225
>"You're a sharp guy", Harry said sharply.
>"For you", replied Sirius sharply.

>>6236223
>>being this autistic about a word being used twice on the same page
That isn't autism, anon, that's fucking editing.
Hell, even qualifying said with an adverb is poor fucking style.

>>6236230
>"Careful with that sharp thing boy" said an anonymous poster

>>6236218
The whole series goes

"~~" Harry said
"~~" Ron said
"~~" said Slut sharply

>>6236225
kek

>>6236223
>not being autistic about a specific expression being used twice on the same page
>corn_father.jpg

>>6236234
>"At least you can talk", replied the first abruptly

>>6236141
First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what’s always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?’

>>6236236
Mild kek

>>6236218
>>6236236

It was something like that. "shouted gladly", "complained sadly", "whispered incredulously" and such were listed by some poster here and he posted the worst one separately, it was great.

>>6236236
>tfw reading the third Abarat book and noticing every piece of dialogue was worded this way
I'm just letting it slide because Clive was really sick and had a near-death experience when he was writing it but I hope this never happens again.

>>6236245
>First think of the person who lives in disguise,
>Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
A Spy
>Next, tell me what’s always the last thing to mend,
>The middle of middle and end of the end?
The Letter D
>And finally give me the sound often heard
>During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Er...
>Now string them together, and answer me this,
>Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?’
Spy-D-Er
A Spider.

>>6236861

>>6236861
SpydEEEEEEEEH

>>6236861
That's wrong

>>6236523
I'll never forget "Ron ejaculated loudly"

>>6236141
In one of the books (chamber of secrets maybe?) it is revealed that Voldemort's full name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, which is an anagram for "I am Lord Voldemort". Now, that's retarded enough in and of itself, but I read it in French and they had to change it to Tom Elvis Jedusor (Je suis Voldemort) to make it work.

only vaguely related but it still makes me smirk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2pFYYEiko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_7FzbYsEI

>>6237312
kek

>>6237298
In dutch it's Marten Asmodo Vilein (mijn naam is Voldemort).
No, Asmodo is not a normal dutch name.(or anywhere near it)

>>6237389
>mijn naam is Voldemort
looks like a 5 year old trying to write english

>>6237389
>mfw I read it in Dutch
>mfw I thought Vilein was supposed to be a Dutch version of ''Villain''

>>6237389
to be fair, voldemort is not a normal english name either

>>6237389
In Swedish it's Tom Gus Mervolo Dolder = Ego sum Lord Voldemort.

I guess they made it Latin because it wouldn't make sense to have a British character use the letter ä in an anagram. ("I am Lord Voldemort" in Swedish would be "Jag är Lord Voldemort.")

>>6237235
Came in this thread to post this sentence

>>6237499
That actually works a lot better than the regular version. Fits the pretentious, edgy, teenaged Voldemort quite well I think.

>>6236245
spyduh
>>6237389
marvolo isn't a normal english name

>>6237235
>not getting the Doyle reference

I guess? In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson does nothing but ejaculate

>>6237503
>Came in this thread
ewwww

>>6236230
>are you Sirius? :DD

>>6236236
>"~~" Harry said
>"~~" Ron said
>"~~" said Slut sharply

Why are all the characters in HP so fucking empty and shallow? Besides Hermione being an annoying moralfag, they are all pretty much one-dimensional

>>6237674
Maybe you should read the good version of HP instead.

http://hpmor.com/

>>6237674
Because it's a young adult's novel series and the author is not particularly talented.

Might as well be asking the same thing about Twilight or The Hunger Games.

>>6237957
Hpmor is completely fucking insane, and I love it.

>>6237312
http://youtu.be/ceJ_DeT-c3M