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J.K. Rowling’s Linguistic Innovations – Translation Impact and Sustainability

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 18 (2021): Issue 1 (December 2021)

By: Daniel Leotescu

Open Access

|Dec 2021

Abstract

Translators faced unusual and surprising linguistic challenges in keeping the original element of the J. K. Rowling’s style in the Harry Potter series. Our paper focuses on the impact of the British writer’s story by highlighting the subtle puns and hidden clues in her made-up words that have gone “beyond the book” and even leapt into the Oxford English Dictionary.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 (formerly 1584-3734) | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734

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Language: English

Page range: 145 - 152

Published online: Dec 26, 2021

Published in print: Dec 1, 2021

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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