French names vs English names

As you know, in Harry Potter, lots of names are translated in "French version" (Snape -> Rogue; Hooch -> Bibine etc.)

What do you think about that translation ? Is the jokes in the names are well translated ?

Give your opinion

I think the English names are better than the French. It's totally ridiculous to change the names because they are English and not French.

You cannot consider it as ridiculous. Most of the readers are children who don´t know a single word of English, so if you want them to understand the puns you´ve got to try to translate it, even if it looks a bit weird or clumsy. You just cannot blame the translator for trying to adapt the text in a french way.

I think the French translation is quite good for most of the names.
However, some are quite... strange.

Why Ludovic Bagman goes to Ludo Verpey, Crouch to Croupton ? There's non-sense, no ?

maybe....

i prefer "snape" than "rogue", but for the other i think there're so good....

Actually, I prefer french names sorry jana but I don't understand why Ménard has translate some names and someones not!! Dumbledore for exemple, it's difficult to say in french!
I hate Snape, it's look like Snake so I prefer Rogue = sévére

Dumbledore isn´t that difficult to say in French... Just gotta say Deumbeuldore, like Madame Maxime does in book 4! I think it isn´t a matter of pronunciation, the most important is the meaning, isn´t it? So if it is well understood with the french translation, there´s no problem.

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I hate Snape, it's look like Snake

it's for that i think it's best

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Rogue = sévére

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no look in a dictionary (?)

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Deumbeuldore

euuurggh Dambldoore is better or dambdodoré

Me, I prefer very much the English Version.. I find that's it's easily to said it and to spell it and, more, it's beautiful!

Look, in french: Rogue.. BEURK! What'S the ****! It's UGLYYYYY!

Bye!
Bizoo!

Hey Kokonut, as you re new among us, i will just tell you : don't be upset, i'm gonna correct some mistakes as i do for everyone here.
" You're not bound to put

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I prefer very much

, it's not really correct..you should say: I do prefer.

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that's it's easily

"that" is already the subject so you don't need to put the" It"...
"That's easier" is correct.

to say: " de plus " ( i s'pose that's what you wanted to say with "more") the translation is: "moreover".

Then last little thing wich can seem useless, but anyway...in English, Beurk is Yuck.

One little correction for my niece:

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it's best

= It's better

I mean "it's the best", I have lost a word

There are strange translations. For exemple, "Snape" and "Rogue" don't have the same signification (or "Croupton" and "Crouch").

(by the way, is there a pun in French with "Verpey" and "VRP" ? and with "Bagman" (a man with a bag, so a businessman ?))

Bagman in english, means a man who bets (parie)...

Ok, thanks
so no link between English and French name in that case (pity)

i hate the french names....yuuuuuckkkk. You little french brats just to want english names in french...proooouuuutt!!!!!

Thanks Peeves.
That was a very useful point of view

By the way I wonder what "prout" exactly means in english...

I have no idea !

Another question : why Voldemort isn't translated in French by Flyofdeath ? Menard doesn't do a good work

sprout = a little grouth of herb. In french = pousse
Chourave = You know what does be mean

We´re talking about "prout", not sprout... We know what sprout means... (Brussels sprouts: des choux de Bruxelles, for example).
I´m sorry but I don´t understand your last sentence, suppose you made a mistake... "What does be mean"???

I've never understood how Snape could be translated by Rogue ? (by the way, Rogue is also a X-men, no ?) It's non-sense !

Actually it's due to Ménard... Actually I can't understand the way of his translation... Maybe he drunk while traducing????

Yes, he drunk (and he will drink again when the 6th book will be published)

So we can buy a traduction of the 6th book one year after the others countries, and many of us will become alcoholics cause of this poor traducer who Ménard is...