Another response to this, and unavailability in certain languages, has been fans creating their own translations unofficially. In France in 2003 the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, became the first book in English to top the French best-seller list. Impatient fans in many places simply bought the book in English instead. Additionally, regional adaptations of the books have been made to accommodate regional dialects such as the American English edition or the Valencian adaptation of Catalan.įor reasons of secrecy, translations were only allowed to begin after each book had been published in English, creating a lag of several months for readers of other languages. This makes it the longest published work in Ancient Greek since the novels of Heliodorus of Emesa in the 3rd century AD. This includes languages diverse as Azerbaijani, Malayalam and Welsh as well as the dead languages Latin and Ancient Greek. Rowling is one of the most translated series of all time, with the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, having been translated into over 76 languages. The Harry Potter series of fantasy novels by J.
The Russian translation of The Deathly Hallows goes on sale in Moscow, 2007
