Pirate translation of Harry Potter also hits Russia

Alexander Turcic · 07-24-2005, 07:19 PM

Harry Potter finds no time to rest. First he was electronized within hours after the official release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, then some dimwits sold illegal copies on eBay, while at the same time a couple of German zealots professionally translated the English copy into German (and kept the translation to themselves, at least). Now Moscow Times reports that an unauthorized Russian Half-Blood Prince translation has been posted on Russian websites:

Quote:

Russian readers were able to devour an unauthorized translation of the 672-page book's first chapter for free on certain web sites as early as July 18. Three more chapters followed the next day on one of the sites, http://book6.potterfilmru.net.

Poor Rowling and her lawyer friends from Baker & McKenzie, who will have a hard time convincing Russian Potter fans to remove the translations from the Net. Under Russian law they don't constitute a violation of the publisher's rights.

derekweb · 08-02-2005, 01:24 AM

LOL ... check out the site posted: Book6.potterfilmru.net doesn't do anything of the sort, in terms of having anything available. Further, Altavista babelfish can't (or won't) translate the page.

hacker · 08-02-2005, 01:41 AM

WorldLingo works to translate that. I've given up on the "normal" translation engines now, and use WorldLingo and InterTran exclusively.

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08-02-2005, 01:24 AM	#2
derekweb Groupie Posts: 160 Karma: 3134 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: United States Device: Palm Treo 700p & iPaq hx2755	LOL ... check out the site posted: Book6.potterfilmru.net doesn't do anything of the sort, in terms of having anything available. Further, Altavista babelfish can't (or won't) translate the page.

08-02-2005, 01:41 AM	#3
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	WorldLingo works to translate that. I've given up on the "normal" translation engines now, and use WorldLingo and InterTran exclusively.