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08-12-2008, 02:28 PM
| | |  Japan Times interviews Harry Potter translator
The Japan Times online has a new interview with Yuko Matsuoka Harris, the woman who has translated all seven Harry Potter novels into Japanese. She talks about getting the job and her career in general.  Quote: Enthusiasm is what matters. This is what J. K. Rowling said when asked why they gave me the copyright. She's the greatest! Enthusiasm is all I had: I loved the book and wanted every Japanese to read it.
Quote: Trust your instincts. My friends recommended that I get the rights to the "Harry Potter" books. I read the first in one sitting and was hooked. I knew this was the project I was preparing for my whole life. It didn't bother me that at that point I had never translated a book nor published much. I knew that I could do it.
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08-12-2008, 02:36 PM
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Wow great woman she made many of japanese children enter the world of harry potter she is their hero as much as Rowling
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08-12-2008, 02:44 PM
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Very interesting interview!!
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08-12-2008, 03:25 PM
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Yeah, interesting interview..She seems very nice.
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Yeah, she do seem very nice!
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08-12-2008, 04:32 PM
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08-12-2008, 04:34 PM
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| | Moke
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That is awesome!
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08-12-2008, 06:50 PM
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Lovely interview! 
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Wow she has alot of confidence, I'm glad she got the job 
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She has a job that she loves!! Awesome..!
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08-13-2008, 12:56 AM
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she seems nice
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08-13-2008, 04:18 AM
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nice interview!
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what a great woman, thats good she introduced harry potter to japan
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wow thats amzing, what dedication if she had never done this kind of work before. I reckon she got paid a bit for it though! but buying the copyright must of been expensive too!!
i bet she made a lot of japanese children and adult alike very happy indeed... :clap:
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08-13-2008, 10:24 AM
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thats so fantastic thanks to her many kids in japan have harry in their lives
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Wow! She's wonderful!
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08-13-2008, 05:59 PM
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She sounds awesome!!!
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08-14-2008, 12:46 AM
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Wow, thanks for introducing HP to the Japanese!
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wow, that is just great good for her! she has done a great job!
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she's a wonderful woman!
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