Harry Potter in Hindi
In India, most children, especially those that live in cities and large towns, are quite familiar with Harry Potter and most of them buy the English Bloomsbury; but not all children can read international style English, and some knew the character only through movies dubbed into Hindi. To reach these children, Manjul Publications published Harry Potter books in simple Hindi. The magic spells are translated into Sanskrit for effect, echoing the fact that in the English edition, spells are rendered in Latin.
- According to Sudhir Dixit, who translated the books:
bahut muśkil kām thā. bhāṣā kō acchī tarah samajhanē kē liē mujhē jēkē rŏliṃg kī pahalī pustak kō 35 bār paḍh.anā paḍ.ā
(It was a tough job. To understand the language-style I had to read Rowling's first book 35 times)
The book covers of the Hindi series are identical to the covers of the American Scholastic edition, as stipulated by the rights owners. Harry Potter's translations in Hindi are informally known as "Harri Puttar" by some Indians, which is mistakenly considered to mean "Green Son;" however, "puttar" is simply the Punjabi word for "boy" or "son," while Hari is a common Indian name.
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