HARRY POTTER PROJECT
envelope

Sites of Historical Sorcery

Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China)
巫师古迹
Wūshī gǔjì
巫师 wūshī = 'wizard'.
古迹 gǔjì = 'old site'.
Old Wizard Sites
Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan)
魔法歷史遺跡
Mófǎ lìshǐ yìjì
魔法 mófǎ = 'magic'.
歷史 lìshǐ = 'history'.
遺跡 yìjì = 'site, relic'.
Magical Historical Sites
Japanese
魔法の史跡
Mahō no shiseki
魔法 mahō = 'magic crafts'.
no = connecting particle
史跡 shiseki = 'historical site'.
Magical Historical Sites
Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology)
Những Di Tích Lịch Sử Phù Thủy những = plural marker
di tích (遺跡) = 'site, relic'.
lịch sử (歷史) = 'history'.
phù thủy = 'sorceror'.
Sorcery Historical Sites
Mongolian (new)
Ид шидийн түүхийн дурсгалт газрууд
Id shidiin tüükhiin dursgalt gazruud
  Memorial Places of Magical History

The Taiwanese and Vietnamese versions use longer expressions meaning 'historical sites'. The Japanese and Mainland translators show how this can be shortened using Chinese character compounds: 古迹 gǔjì ('old site') and 史跡 shiseki ('history site').

Category: History

arrow up