Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

J. K. Rowling (Author), Gemma Rovira Ortega (Translator)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 896 pages
• Publisher: Ediciones Salamandra; 1 edition (February 21, 2004)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8478888845
• ISBN-13: 978-8478888849
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > Libros en español > Infantil y juvenil > Literatura > Ciencia Ficción, Fantasía, Misterio y Horror
  • #29 in Books > Libros en español > Ciencia ficción y fantasía > Fantasía
  • #65 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > Spanish

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent language practice, May 30, 2004

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Kevin M. Geraghty (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I'm an adult with a reasonable command of Spanish as a second language. I can read a newspaper fairly easily, and I can hold mutually interesting conversations with people, so long as their speech isn't too slangy, to regional, or too fast. I found Potter #5 in spanish translation to be an entertaining way to do some "continued reading". If you're an adult who feels sheepish about reading kid's books, trying to improve or maintain your command of Spanish, this will give you a good excuse.

There's nothing like reading a book like this to make you realize that there's many different kinds of vocabulary. Compared to say, magazines, newspapers, or more technical books, Potter #5 is chock-full of everyday dialogue, human relationships, colloquial expressions, and words having to do with emotional states, facial expressions, noises, and such. Not to mention the more specialized vocabulary, like, "spell", "dungeon", "sorting hat", or "dark arts". I certainly found a good dictionary to be useful.

Although this book is published by a press in Spain, the characters speak a Spanish closer to the Latin American than the iberian variety (e.g, the "y'all" second person plural verb inflection is not used, and "coger" is avoided). This is, I suppose, a reflection of the demographic weight of Latin America vis-a-vis Spain, and, for all I know, is standard practice in one-size-fits all translations. I suspect it is a careful translation, although my Spanish really isn't good enough to tell.

If you think that reading a translation from the English is a poor way to learn about hispanic culture, I would reply that 1) the Potter books are hugely popular in spain, 2) This is a european, not a north american book. whereas we have not a single authentic castle, Spain has hundreds of 'em. And 3) who cares, if it gets you reading spanish?

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harry Potter in Spanish!, March 6, 2004

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This review is from: Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

As soon as I got my copy of this book I was thrill.The translation is great and it retained the original enthuciams that the english version has.I recommed this book to anyone that knows spanish or is learning,this will be the ideal gift.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesante historia, pero el libro tiene mala calidad., May 4, 2006

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Miguelina Medina (Republica Dominicana) - See all my reviews
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He leido todas las historias de Harry Potter y aunque esta no es mi preferida, quiero hacer notar la mala calidad del libro, las hojas se desprenden tan pronto la lees.. al terminar el libro tienes 893 hojas sueltas!!!!