The Wizarding World of Harry Potter through the Magic of Muggle Languages!

month January 2023

[PB Bite] Dumbledore’s favorite: sherbet lemon, lemon sherbet, and lemon drops

Albus Dumbledore loves sherbet lemon so much that it’s the password to his office. But sherbet lemon is a candy specific to the UK. So when the story was brought to other countries—including the US—nobody knew what to call it in the local language.

[PB Bite] How Harry Potter differs in different languages

Harry Potter has been translated into nearly 100 languages. The very first sentence is one of the most challenging to translate. Take a look.

Three versions of Harry Potter in Arabic: read our post over at Potterglot!

Genies. Ghouls. Alchemy. And Percy staging a coup? These are all features you’ll find in the Arabic editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

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