Harry Potter og de Vises Stein

[pakwulf]

So in my pointless effort to learn Norwegian, I bought a translated copy of the first Harry Potter book. Reading it has been fun, and easier than I anticipated most of the time--Norwegian just doesn't have as many words as English, so it's a bit repetitive. People don't get scared, terrified, horrified, spooked, startled, and afraid at different times, they just always get "reddest" or when it's particularly bad, "aller reddest". That's not the point of this post though...

Everyone knows that the point of learning about a different culture is to make fun of them for the weird things they say and for being too dumb to know what things are actually supposed to be called. To that end, I've compiled a list of character names and other elements of the story that have been adapted to sound more Norwegian. They haven't mentioned my favorite character yet, but he's only two books away, there's still time. It's kinda long, but please enjoy-I know I do.

PEOPLE
Harry Potter.................Harry Potter (I know, boring start)
James & Lily................Jakob & Lilli
Sirius Black.................Sirius Svaart
Aunt Petunia.................Petunia Dumling
Uncle Vernon.................Wiktor Dumling
Dudley.......................Dudleif Dumling
Ron Weasley..................Ronny Wiltersen
Scabbers.....................Skorpus
Twins........................Fred & Frank Wiltersen
Percy........................Perry Wiltersen
Bill.........................Rulle Wiltersen
Charley......................Kalle Wiltersen
Ginny........................Gulla Wiltersen
Hermione.....................Hermine Grang (Hermine means 'copy', which is kinda ironic)
Neville......................Nilus Langballe
Wood.........................Oliver Qvist (I think it's a play on Oliver Twist)
Malfoy.......................Draco Malfang (with Krabbe and Gurgel)
Dumbledore...................Albus Humlesnurr
McGonagall...................McSnurp
Hagrid.......................Rubeus Gygrid
Snape........................Severus Slur
Quirrel......................Krengle
Flitwick.....................Pirrevimp
Sprout.......................Stikling
Madame Hooch.................Hopp
Filch........................Nask
Mrs. Norris..................Fru Hansen
Peeves.......................Gnav
Fudge........................Kornelius Bortfor-Klar*
Fang.........................Hogg

*This one's kinda funny. 'Bortfor' means 'far from' and 'klar' means ready.

THINGS
Muggle.......................Gomp
Squib........................Halvgomp (Half-Muggle, I suppose)
Hogwart's....................Galtvort
Gryffindor...................Griffing
Hufflepuff...................Håsblås
Ravenclaw....................Ravnklo
Slytherin....................Smygard
Diagon Alley.................Diagonallmenningen
Gringott's...................Flirgott
Quidditch....................Rumpledunk (that's just stupid.)
Seeker.......................Speider
Chaser.......................Jager
Beater.......................Knakker
Keeper.......................Målmann (Sounds like "Moleman". Heh.)
Quaffle......................Sluffen
Bludger......................Klabber
(Golden) Snitch..............Gullsnoppen
Wand.........................Tryllestaven
Witch........................Heks
Wizard.......................Trollmann (Personal favorite.)
Magic........................Trolldom
Galleons.....................Galleoner
(Silver) Sickles..............Sølvsigder
Knuts.........................Fjonger

P.S. "Fart" means 'speed'. Haha.