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| Antelope Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5654 days ago 49 posts - 49 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish, Greek | Message 1 of 20 28 July 2009 at 11:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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Would using 'Harry Potter e La Pietra Filosofale' with the English version side by side, plus the audio be a good way of learning the language?
Would I need to tweak the English translations here and there? Any experience shared by anyone doing/or has done this with Harry Potter would be great. Would doing this make you relatively fluent upon completion? Cheers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6376 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 20 28 July 2009 at 11:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's a very common method. It's called listening-reading. You may find this thread of a little help. :)
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| Antelope Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5654 days ago 49 posts - 49 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish, Greek | Message 3 of 20 28 July 2009 at 11:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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I read the idea from a member called "linguamor". But Harry P has some strange vocabulary usage, so I was just wondering if it was a good choice.
Also, I'm a bit unsure of the translations, for example: Possedevano tutto quel che si poteva desiderare, ma avevano anche un segreto, e il loro più grande timore era che qualcuno potesse scoprirlo. The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. It seems I'd have to tweak the translations a little. Thanks for the reply. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Rhoda Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5608 days ago 166 posts - 196 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Latin, Swahili, Ancient Greek, German | Message 4 of 20 29 July 2009 at 12:06am | IP Logged | ||
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Sounds good to me! I've been looking to do the same with Harry Potter et l'Ordre du Phénix. The more fun it is, the more likely you are to keep at it. And HP is written in pretty "normal" everyday language, not Old English or anything, so it might help with idioms.
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| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6376 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 20 29 July 2009 at 12:10am | IP Logged | ||
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I've read the first paragraphs of a few different translations (but never in English!) and that seems pretty accurate.
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| Jimmymac Senior Member United Kingdom strange-lands.com/le Joined 6161 days ago 276 posts - 362 votes Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 7 of 20 29 July 2009 at 10:38am | IP Logged | ||
This is a bit too black and white for my liking. Harry Potter in your level 1 is no more difficult for me in Spanish than Angels and Demons or Animal Farm. 1984 is only marginally more difficult than the three. By your definition el extranjero/the outsider/l'etranger would be either level 2 or 3 but in reality it's easier than all four. I think trying to create these levels is only productive up to a certain point. Framing something as more difficult may put you off doing it. If you like the book then go for it especially if you already know it well. I'm a closet Harry Potter fan. I've read every Potter book in Spanish and shadowed the audiobook and it has been a huge help. If you already know the Philosopher's stone then you can often infer where you are in the story line and what’s happening with a few familiar words that will no doubt pop up. Edited by Jimmymac on 29 July 2009 at 10:46am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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