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Originally Posted by VirgoGirl
Do US written books, such as Dan Brown's books, get translated to UK English for the British market?
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Not generally, no - UK publishers (at least for books) tend to leave the language alone, whereas US publishers usually insist (even for major sellers like Rowling) that the language is changed to US English, even when it makes no sense whatever to do so. The same thing tends to happen with TV programmes - US shows will appear as the original in the UK, but the US execs will insist on remaking the UK ones. I'm still trying to work out whether these people are control freaks, or whether they believe their audience too dumb to cope with different versions of the language.
