Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
| Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China) | ||
| 英国和爱尔兰的魁地奇球队 Yīngguó hé Ài'ěrlán de Kuídìqí qiúduì |
英国
Yīngguó
= 'Britain'. 和 hé = 'and'. 爱尔兰 Ài-ěr-lán = 'Ireland'. 的 de = connecting particle 魁地奇 Kuídìqí = 'Quidditch'. 球队 qiú-duì = 'ball-team' |
Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland |
| Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan) | ||
| 英格蘭及愛爾蘭的魁地奇球隊 Yīnggélán jí Ài'ěrlán de Kuídìqí qiúduì |
英格蘭
Yīnggélán = 'England'. 及 jí = 'and' (formal). 愛爾蘭 Ài'ěrlán = 'Ireland'. 的 de = connecting particle 魁地奇 Kuídìqí = 'Quidditch'. 球隊 qiúduì = 'ball-team'. |
Quidditch teams of England and Ireland |
| Japanese | ||
| イギリスとアイルランドのクイディッチ・チーム Igirisu to Airurando no Kuidittchi Chiimu |
イギリス
Igirisu = 'England, Britain'. と to = 'and'. アイルランド Airurando = 'Ireland'. の no = connecting particle クイディッチ kuiditchi = 'Quidditch'. チーム chiimu (from English 'team') = 'team'. |
Quidditch teams of Britain and Ireland |
| Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology) | ||
| Những Đội Quidditch Của Anh Và Aí Nhĩ Lan Những Đội Quidditch của Anh và Aí Nhĩ Lan |
những = plural marker đội (隊) = 'team'. Quidditch = 'Quidditch'. của = 'belonging to, of'. Anh (英) = 'Britain'. và = 'and'. Aí Nhĩ Lan (愛爾蘭) = 'Ireland'. |
Quidditch teams of Britain and Ireland |
Fairly straightforward translations.
Britain and Ireland:
In this case the Mainland Chinese uses the word 英国 Yīngguó for 'Britain' in preference to 不列颠 Bùlièdiān, found in the titles Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles and Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland. A scholarly-sounding word like 不列颠 Bùlièdiān was probably judged inappropriate for a book about sport; thus the more common and general term 英国 Yīngguó is used. 英国 Yīngguó refers to the whole of the United Kingdom, not merely the island of Great Britain.
The Taiwanese translator inaccurately translates 'Britain' as 英格蘭 Yīnggélán. This translation is incorrect because 英格蘭 Yīnggélán refers narrowly to England, not the island of Great Britain, which also includes Wales and Scotland.
The Vietnamese uses Anh for Britain (or more broadly for the UK). Anh corresponds to the 英 of Chinese 英国 Yīngguó. The Vietnamese word for 'Ireland', Aí Nhĩ Lan, is derived from Chinese 愛爾蘭. An alternative Vietnamese name for Ireland is Ailen.
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