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Gacked from the ever-wonderful
fuseno8, whose links bring all the authors to her yard -- a v. interesting article about the difficulty of translating HP into Hindi.
becominghuman, I thought of you:
Should You Address Prof. Snape with Respect?
And in other HP news, I am driving into Toronto today to have supper with
melissaanelli! I haven't seen her in person since October 2002, which is far too long, and our e-mails to each other in the last couple of years have consisted mostly of MAJOR NEWS followed by thoughtful comments like "ajhdkjlhsdkjldfsklsdkd;". But then, she's one seriously busy lady these days, for some odd reason.
More later.
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Should You Address Prof. Snape with Respect?
And in other HP news, I am driving into Toronto today to have supper with
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Date: 2007-08-01 12:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-01 02:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-01 02:32 pm (UTC)(Hagrid goes one step further and speaks of Dumbledore as 'Dumbledore-sensei-sama'. My eyebrows went up when I read it -- 'Highly Revered Professor Dumbledore'? He doesn't have to say another word to let anyone know just how highly he regards Dumbledore.)
Cool.
Date: 2007-08-01 02:48 pm (UTC)And here's a little example of respectful Hindi usage... :-)
"Aap se milkar bahut khushi hui".
(I am very glad to meet you.)
Aap = You, formal.
se
Milkar = second person form of To Meet
bahut = very much
khushi = happy
hui = am (first person).
Note that in English, the first person subject (I) is used, but is implied in hindi.
W
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Date: 2007-08-01 06:17 pm (UTC)Address Snape with respect?!
Date: 2007-08-02 12:10 am (UTC)Rebecca, I've been behind in congratulating you on your OFFICIAL AUTHOR status. Wheeeeeee! Congrats and cheers and throwing of confetti! You said your husband took you to an Indian restaurant to celebrate--was it the one where I met you when I came up last year?
Mary Anne
Re: Address Snape with respect?!
Date: 2007-08-02 01:31 am (UTC)Re: Address Snape with respect?!
Date: 2007-08-02 12:07 pm (UTC)Mary Anne
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Date: 2007-08-02 03:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-02 04:12 pm (UTC)