Chapter 12: Professor Umbridge
| Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China) | ||
| 乌姆里奇教授 Wūmǔlǐqí jiàoshòu |
乌姆里奇
Wūmǔlǐqí
= 'Umbridge (phonetic)'. 教授 jiàoshòu = 'professor'. |
Professor Umbridge |
| Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan) | ||
| 恩不里居教授 Ēnbǔlǐjū jiàoshòu |
恩不里居
Ēnbǔlǐjū = 'Umbridge (phonetic)'. 教授 jiàoshòu = 'professor'. |
Professor Umbridge |
| Japanese | ||
| アンブリッジ先生 Anburijji-sensei |
アンブリッジ Anburijji = 'Umbridge (phonetic)'. 先生 sensei = 'teacher'. |
Professor Umbridge |
| Korean | ||
| 엄브릿지 교수 Eombeulijji gyosu |
Pending | |
| Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology) | ||
| Giáo sư Umbridge | giáo sư
(教授) = 'professor'. Umbridge = 'Umbridge' (to be pronounced Âm-brit-giơ). |
Professor Umbridge |
| Mongolian (new) | ||
| Профессор Амбриж Professor Ambrij |
Pending | |
Dolores Umbridge has to be one of the most disagreeable characters in the Harry Potter books.
The name 'Umbridge' does not appear to have any identifiable meaning in English, although the pronunciation is similar to 'umbrage' ('to take umbrage' = 'to take offence').
The Mainland Chinese translator, rather inaccurately, transliterates it as 乌姆里奇 Wūmǔlǐqí. (The meaning is 'dark housemaid inside strange', but these meanings are of marginal relevance as the characters' function is phonetic.)
The Taiwanese rendition is also phonetic, although some meaning can be made out: 恩 ēn means 'kindness, favour, grace'; 不 bú means 'not'; 里居 lǐ-jū means 'address'. The general implication is that there is no kindness or grace to be found with Dolores Umbridge.
The Japanese uses a standard katakana transliteration and the Vietnamese uses the English spelling, with a footnote instructing readers to pronounce this as Âm-brit-giơ.
Note that the title Professor follows the name in Chinese and Japanese but precedes it in Vietnamese.
(Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)
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