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.
If you wrote a novel set in your native country, and the characters were eating something that has a very specific cultural connotation that wouldn't necessarily translate to another culture, what would it be and why?
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