Harry Potter and the translator's nightmare
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How would you translate 'Hogwarts' or 'Diagon Alley' or even 'Harry Potter'? Vox explains some of the very specific pitfalls of trying to translate J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
List three characters from the Harry Potter series whose names might be difficult to translate because of their alliteration, word play, definition or connotation.
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