Harry Potter en español

**DaGeek** · 06-25-2011, 06:45 PM

Yes, it's as fantastic as it is in English

. Granted, I've only read part of the third book so far, but I'm enamored.

Anyone else read the HP series in another language? What was your take?

bobthecockroach · 11-21-2011, 10:06 AM

I read the first book (for the first time) in German.

I guess I have nothing to compare it to, but on its own, it was enjoyable.

**DaGeek** · 11-21-2011, 10:14 AM

Have you read it in English, too? If so, how do you think it compared? Was it the same feel?

bobthecockroach · 11-21-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DaGeek

Have you read it in English, too? If so, how do you think it compared? Was it the same feel?

I have not.

**DaGeek** · 11-21-2011, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bobthecockroach

I have not.

If you enjoyed it in German, I'd recommend it in English. Rowling has a great writing style. It'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on a side-by-side comparison more or less

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bobthecockroach · 11-21-2011, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by DaGeek

If you enjoyed it in German, I'd recommend it in English. Rowling has a great writing style. It'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on a side-by-side comparison more or less

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I suppose if I ever get the urge to read it again, I'll do it in English, but... if I plan to read the whole series in German... reading it again in English is heck of a lot of time to re-read.

Giga Hertz · 11-22-2011, 07:19 PM

Are we counting English here as the original UK English, or the American English? :P

**DaGeek** · 11-22-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bobthecockroach

I suppose if I ever get the urge to read it again, I'll do it in English, but... if I plan to read the whole series in German... reading it again in English is heck of a lot of time to re-read.

Definitely understood! I loved it enough to read it in English several times (except the 7th, which I've only read once), but a lack of time has practically eliminated that from ever happening again, ha.

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Originally Posted by Giga Hertz

Are we counting English here as the original UK English, or the American English? :P

Yes.

SccHarpGirl · 11-22-2011, 09:32 PM

I read the first couple in French. It made me laugh how they changed the names of some of the characters, but not others. And yes, I loved it just as much.

Boy Genius · 11-26-2011, 11:39 AM

I'm a fan of using them as side-by-side reading in which I have an English and Spanish translation both so that I can practice my Spanish and check my mental translation with the English if I'm unsure of it.

nanou912 · 12-07-2011, 06:42 AM

I read the four 1st book in English and the 6th too (English UK).
I read the first in German,
But at first, I read all in French...
I think my favourite was the original version, in English... maybe because I dicovered a lot of expressions, or because in French it is not a great literature, but in English I don't know all subtilities and it looks so fantaastic...
and when I read the 6th in English, it was not edited in French yet... so I knew the story before all my friends, and I was so happy to understand almost everything, without know the story...