Harry Potter and the Bewildering Chinese Abominations
A basic understanding of the two Chinese writing systems (Traditional and Simplified) and how they are...
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Quick and Dirty Introduction to Traditional and Simplified Chinese Transliteration
The simplest case of transliteration is when you have two alphabetic systems, Latin and Cyrillic for...
Harry Potter and the Translation Demotion
I announced a new unauthorized Philosopher’s Stone translation last year, by one Li Ronghua. That may...
Harry Potter and the Staircase
Last year, I wrote about an interesting unauthorized Chinese translation. The cover art on this one...
New Unauthorized Chinese (Simplified) Translation of Philosopher’s Stone!
Well… like nearly all the unauthorized translations, it’s new to me. I spotted this one amongst...
Su Nong—Translator of the Simplified Chinese Philosopher’s Stone—Doesn’t Exist!
I’m currently falling down another translation rabbit hole—Chinese this time—and I came across a really interesting...
