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I have the Latin version and I'm trying to check my translation, but my American English version is the Scholastic form, and it's not matching up with my translation. I think this is because the Latin translator used a UK/Bloomsbury book. If someone could post the opening paragraph, that would help me figure out if this is the problem. If it is the problem, looks like I'll be ordering the Bloomsbury versions of the Potter series!

2007-07-09 05:53:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

3 answers

The opening paragraph of Philosopher's Stone is:

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.

Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.


I don't believe there are any differences between Sorcerer's Stone and Philosopher's Stone in this instance. There is a list of changes between Philosopher's Stone and Sorcerer's Stone here:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/ps/differences-ps.html

None of the differences affect the first paragraphs.

Hope that helps!

2007-07-09 06:15:23 · answer #1 · answered by HP Wombat 7 · 0 0

The opening paragraph would be the same in both! After all, JK Rowling only wrote one book. I've got the Welsh version, and it isn't word perfect at all. They change some sentences and idioms to make it sound better.

2016-03-15 01:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I don't know, google it, or get it from the library.

2007-07-09 06:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by Strong chick 2 · 0 2

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