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Originally Posted by issybird
The first book was particularly poorly “translated” into American, starting with the title! Referring to Lily as Harry’s “mom” sticks in my mind.
I really, really dislike it when publishers think they have to dumb things down for us dumb Yanks. We’re not quite so stupid as all that. What ever happened to figuring out things from context or, I dunno, looking things up? Might even be good for the kids at that.  |
Amen! When you read a book written in English, you should read it in the original English. And if that means you need to look up a term that is unfamiliar, that's just a learning opportunity. I'd say the same applies to non-English language books, except that isn't really realistic for those of us who are monoglots. (I know, I live in a country where there are two _official_ languages, and an untold number of other native languages, and I only speak one of them. Pathetic, but I appear to be too old to learn a new language. And yes, I've tried.)
FWIW, even Canadian is quite a bit different from American English, and I don't just mean the accent. We have garburators in our kitchens and chesterfields in our living rooms.