Friday's Brain

Sunday, August 01, 2004

Interesting find of the weekend...

A friend sent me to this site recently - it's a comparison of Harry Potter in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese (CJV) translation. If you're a word nerd like I am, it's definitely worth a look. I particularly liked looking through the translated titles of the made-up magical books throughout the series. It's interesting to look at the words that have direct counterparts in the various languages and those that don't, and how the different languages express the words that don't exactly come through translation without some alterations.

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the title of this blog is in imitation of a friend and former camp counselor's clipboard. she called it her brain. so this is mine. i imagine that it will turn out to be mostly a collection of ramblings and interesting finds, most likely read only by the author herself.

Me, at the moment...

How am I feeling?

What am I reading?

Right this red hot moment: Working my way back through the HP series, now that I know how it all works out.
Recently finished: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Before that: I don't even remember.

Music? All sorts.

In my free time? Mostly, studying up on my STN command-line searching skills.

Last movie I saw? Rented: Watched Batman Begins again last night at home. In a theatre: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! At the IMAX! Before that: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! In the regular theater!

How's the weather where I am?

Blogs of people I know:

Caligulawyer

Capital City Desk

Quest for Coffee, by my buddy Daryn.

More info:

ISTJ spoken here.

Cancer sun, Cancer rising, moon in Libra.

Born in the year of the snake.

Here's what the World's Easiest Personality Test says about me!