1. Harry
Potter
Marta
Vélez

2. Sum
mary
Introduction
Translation
Names that changed
Meanings of the names
Helpful phrases for every-day uses
Difference of words between USA’s English
than UK’s English.
Interesting points and curiosities

3. Introdu
ction
There are seven
books:
Story of young
boy who
discovers he is a
wizard, destined
to fight evil,
covering the
seven years (age
11-18) that he
spends at
Hogwart’s
School of
Witchcraft and
Wizardry.

4. -
More
Story
England’s Magical School
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
7 years of study
Four Houses which act as student
families:
Gryffindor
Ravenclaw
Hufflepuff
Slytherin

5. Poor
30% of meaning have been lost in
Translation
Spanish/Catalan translation.
The biggest problem is the style.
The humour is lost in many
occasions.
In English version and Catalan
version Hagrid speaks wrong.
Spanish version he speaks as
correctly as Dumbledore.

6. Poor
Locked
The Chamber
Translation
of Secrets
Gnomes 
Goblins
Scourgify
Horcruxes
Stupefy
Half -Blood
Prince
The Invisibility
Cloak
Locket
The Dark Lord

7. Colin
Creeve
y
Oliver
Wood
Names that
changed

8. Penelo
pe
ClearW
ater
Names
that
changed
Teach
er

9. Names that are justified
to have been changed
 Tom Marvolo Riddle
 The names of the
ghosts
 The Marauders

10. Meanings of the names:
The Trio
Ron
Weasle
y
Hermio
ne
Grange
Harry
Potte
r

11. Meanings of the names:
Dumbledore’s Army
Ginny
Weasle
y
Neville
Longbo
ttom

12. Meanings of the names: Order
to the Phoenix
Sirius
Black
Remus
Lupin
Lily
Potter
Arthur
Weasle
y

13. Meanings of the names:
Professors
McGon
agall
Hagrid
Severu
s
Snape
Albus
Dumbl

14. Meanings of the names: Death
Eaters
Tom
Marvol
o
Riddle
Bellatri
x
Draco
Malfoy
Lucius
Malfoy

15. FOUR HOUSES

16. Helpful phrases for
every-day uses book there are
In the first
some useful expresions,
but not all are correct.
-Swat
- Oh, shut up, you great prune
- I’m going to bust your heads
- You have something on your nose
- He’s lost his marbles
- Never try to get a straight answer from a centaur
- It almost ripped his legg off, he isn’t gping to try it
again
- Oh, let’s go and give her a kick, just once
- They should have sacked me and forced me to live like

17. DIFFERENT WORDS
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone = Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
UK words
- Car park
- Jumper
- Crisps
- Football
- Holidaying
- Cupboard
- Pants
USA words
- Parking lot
- Sweater
- Chips
- Soccer
- Vacationing
- Closet
- Briefs

18. Interesting points and
curiosities
Spanish
English
version
Version
E
O
(Extraordinario (Outstanding)
)
S (Supera las
E (Exceed
expectativas) Expectations)
A (aceptable) A (acceptable)

19. Questions. Are you a
 Which fantastic animals have a legendary origin?
freak fan?
 What fear spiders?
 Is really “Avada Kedavra” a curse?
 Why Sirius Black becomes in a black dog?
 Why it is good eat chocolate after a Dementor
attack?
 If Dumbledore is so powerful, should not he
confront Voldemort?
 Why the mirrors are magic?
 Why gnomes are so good bankers?
 Why the third test is placed in a maze?
 Why Voldemort put a Dark Mark at the Death
Eaters?

20. IT ALL