Archive for July, 2009

哈利 波特 or, a way to improve my Mandarin

“Harry Potter” in Chinese is one of those transliterations that is necessary when translating names across languages; and the sounds are nearly perfect– jokes aside regarding Chinese natives’ English pronunciation. 哈利 波特 literally sounds like “ha li po te,” with the “r” sound coming out like an “l.” In fact, when I say those syllables [...]

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