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Chapter 34: Priori Incantatem

Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China)
闪回咒
Shǎn-huí-zhòu
shǎn = 'flash'.
huí = 'return'.
zhòu = 'spell, curse'.
Flash Return Spell
Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan)
呼呼,前咒現
Hū-hū, qián-zhóu xiàn
呼呼 hū-hū = 'whistling sound'.
前咒 qián-zhóu = 'previous spell'.
xiàn = 'appear'.
Whoosh Whoosh, Previous Spells Appear
Japanese
直前呪文
Chokuzen jumon
直前 chokuzen = 'immediately preceding'.
呪文 jumon = 'magic formula, spell'.
The Immediately Preceding Spell
Korean
대결
Daegyeol
Confrontation
Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology)
Những câu thần chú từ trước tới nay những = plural marker
câu = 'expression, phrase'.
thần chú (神咒) = 'spell, incantation'.
từ = 'from'.
trước = 'before'.
tới = 'until'.
nay = 'now'.
Spells So Far
Mongolian (new)
Приори инкантатем
Priori inkantatem
Приори инкантатем Priori incantatem = 'Priori incantatem'.
Priori incantatem

A Latin expression for 'the reverse spell effect', where a wand is forced to regurgitate the spells it has performed, in reverse order. This is difficult to summarise or translate, which accounts for the rather different renditions.

(Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)

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