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OCTOBER 30, 2007 at 5:13 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Various
The French translated version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, (Harry Potter et les Reliques de la Mort), was released this past weekend and today the publishers, Gallimard, stated that over 1.15 million copies of the 2.3 million copies book were sold
. Back in October 2005 the sixth book in the series, Half-Blood Prince sold 800,000 copies in the first 24 hours.
Meanwhile, over one million copies of the German translation, Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes, were sold on Saturday in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, an increase of 13.5% more books than Half-Blood Prince. Thanks to Jonas from HPNews for the translation.
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Auror
Points: 2050
Feelin' Felix Felicis says:
I'm not surprised by the numbers, Harry Potter fandom is global. I just hope those countries that had to wait so long for their book didn't have everything ruined by spoilers from countries who already knew how the series ends.
Posted Nov 2, 2007 at 10:58 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1514
MollyMomma says:
Yay! for our foreign HP friends able to read the seventh book.
Posted Nov 2, 2007 at 1:13 PM EST
Auror
Points: 3647
Anastasia Popovick says:
Wow! That is amazing the sales! Too bad they had to wait to get the book to read it! It seems like forever since ai finished it. Read on!
Posted Nov 2, 2007 at 9:32 PM EST
Lips of an Angel
Points: 26390
3.1415926535 says:
well... err.. interesting... hehe... HMM... i wonder how much of the german one i would be able to read and understand...
Posted Nov 4, 2007 at 7:50 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2621
hbluvhp says:
These translations just got released? Ouch.. that is a long time to wait for those Germand and French speaking Harry Potter fans! But I'm glad to hear that they sold so well... not surprised, but glad!
Posted Nov 4, 2007 at 2:16 PM EST
Prof. Alfred W. Mandoore
Points: 2445
JAYSTARR says:
That's Brilliant...the books are still going strong all over the world.
Posted Nov 4, 2007 at 3:02 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2011
brenpotterfans says:
Well of course Deathly Hallows is going to break records is other countries. It's the biggest phenomenon in a long time.
Posted Nov 9, 2007 at 11:28 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 874
Silly Dragon says:
I haven't read the French translation so far (I could not have waited till October 26th anyway), but I'm usually very happy with Ménard's work. He managed to render all the fantasy of the book. As to other languages, I intend to read a Spanish translation of Philosopher's Stone (revising for an upcoming translation assignment), nicely written but not as inventive as JK or Ménard. Hogwarts and its houses were left as such, the term 'muggle', and so on. I think it does not do justice to the Spanish language: it's not so limited. I've read somewhere that the books had been translated into about thirty languages, including Ancient Greek and Latin (whoever reads that?), and Welsh.
Posted Nov 13, 2007 at 4:02 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1161
sno-chik says:
Wow! That's alot of books! It's amazing how many are sold! I still can't believe it!
:) Smiles :)
Posted Nov 17, 2007 at 1:04 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2424
bonniewrightrulz says:
I would have gone mad if i would have had to wait for two to three months more.No surprises about the books being sold in large numbers,HP rocks the world!!
Posted Jun 18, 2008 at 9:05 AM EST
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