Harry Potter in German, not Czech

The official translation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix into German is scheduled to hit shelves on November 8. But at the Harry auf deutsch site (here's Google's English), a community has sprung up to perform a distributed translation. Every volunteer works on five pages, with the aid of a Potter-specific dictionary, and after turning in a German version, works on the prose to ensure it reads smoothly. In an unrelated effort, some schoolboys who did a Czech translation and posted it to a private website have been sued by Albatros, the Czech publishing house who will have the official translation out in February. Looks like Harry is crushing more than the Hulk.

Oh, and please don't post spoilers, it's still too early :)

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Hermione, student, dead at 14

[more fool you]

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - trainee witch Hermione was found dead in Hogwarts this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Harry Potter community will miss her - even if you didn't enjoy her work, there's no denying her contributions to making the author very rich. Truly a Muggle icon.

your troll generator is sexist

Oblig. Monty Python Reference

[thePfhitz]

A lawsuit from Albatros? D'you get wafers with it?

Re:Eine Gespoiler fur die Deutche

[stud9920]

I didnt read the book yet actually. It seems it is cvxzsvzcxivzcxrvcxizcvxucvzxsvzcxbzvcxlvzcxazvcxcz vcxkzcvx who dies anyway (remove VZCXs).

How did you know I am from Belgium ?

guess who dies!!!!!!!

[the_2nd_coming]

Its.....Its.....Im not gonna tell you....but Dumbldore fights Voldemort (shiver) kool scean...when transfered to movie, I bet it rivals the yoda fight scean from SWE2....but it will be better cause the story is much better :-)