Chapter 23: Malfoy Manor
| Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China) | ||
| 马尔福庄园 Mǎ'ěrfú Zhuāngyuán |
马尔福 Mǎ'ěrfú = 'Malfoy'. 庄园 zhuāngyuán = 'manor'. |
Malfoy manor |
| Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan) | ||
| 馬份莊園 Mǎfèn Zhuāngyuán |
馬份 Mǎfèn = 'Malfoy'. 莊園 zhuāngyuán = 'manor'. |
Malfoy manor |
| Japanese | ||
| マルフォイの館 Marufoi no yakata |
マルフォイ Marufoi = 'Malfoy'. の no = connecting particle 館 yakata = 'mansion'. |
The Malfoy mansion |
| Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology) | ||
| Phủ Malfoy | Phủ (府) = 'mansion'. Malfoy = 'Malfoy'. |
The Malfoy mansion |
A manor is an institution of European feudalism. The 荘園 shōen is a similar institution from Japanese history that is generally equated to the European one, and the term has entered the Chinese vocabulary as 庄园 zhuāngyuán, now a standard translation for 'manor' or 'estate'.
The Vietnamese refers to a mansion.
(Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)
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