Chapter 8: Snape Victorious
| Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China) | ||
| 斯内普如愿以偿 Sīnèipǔ rú yuàn yǐ cháng |
斯内普
Sīnèipǔ = 'Snape'. 如愿以偿 rú yuàn yǐ cháng = 'have one's wish fulfilled'. |
Snape's wish fulfilled |
| Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan) | ||
| 石內卜得逞 Shínèibǔ déchéng |
石內卜 Shínèibǔ = Snape'. 得逞 déchéng = 'succeed, prevail'. |
Snape prevails |
| Japanese | ||
| 勝ち誇るスネイプ Kachi-hokoru Suneipu |
勝ち誇る kachi-hokoru = 'be victorious' (勝つ katsu to win' + 誇る hokoru 'to be proud'). スネイプ Suneipu = 'Snape'. |
Victorious Snape |
| Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology) | ||
| Thầy Snape đắc thắng | thầy = 'teacher'. Snape = 'Snape'. đắc thắng (得勝) = 'win victory, score victory'. |
Teacher Snape wins victory |
This refers to Snape's victory in gaining the post of teacher of Defence against the Dark Arts.
The Mainland translator refers not to 'victory' for Snape, but the fact that Snape achieved a long-cherished wish.
The term used is 如愿以偿 rú yuàn yǐ cháng. This a pithy expression based on Classical Chinese, a very rich class of vocabulary and one more likely than any other to cause problems for the foreign learner. Chinese speakers are apt to come out with an endless store of expressions in situations where a foreign learner can only lamely come up with an everyday phrase. In this case, the meaning is: 如 rú = 'as', 愿 yuàn = 'want, desire', 以 yǐ = 'for', 偿 cháng = 'fulfil, satisfy'; 'as desired in fulfilment'.
The Taiwanese translator uses 得逞 déchéng, meaning 'to succeed, prevail, have one's way'.
The Vietnamese translation uses đắc thắng, meaning 'to be victorious, win victory, win the day, carry the day'.
(Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)
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