The Titles of Magical Books in Harry Potter

 

Sites of Historical Sorcery

 

Chinese (Mainland)	巫师古迹 Wūshī gǔjì	巫师 wūshī = 'wizard'. 古迹 gǔjì = 'old site'.	Old Wizard Sites
Chinese (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'. の no = connecting particle 史跡 shiseki = 'historical site'.	Magical Historical Sites
Vietnamese	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

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