Chapter 34: Priori Incantatem

Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China)
闪回咒 Shǎn-huí-zhòu	闪 shǎn = 'flash'. 回 huí = 'return'. 咒 zhòu = 'spell, curse'.	Flash Return Spell
Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan)
呼呼，前咒現 Hū-hū, qián-zhóu xiàn	呼呼 hū-hū = 'whistling sound'. 前咒 qián-zhóu = 'previous spell'. 現 xiàn = 'appear'.	Whoosh Whoosh, Previous Spells Appear
Japanese
直前呪文 Chokuzen jumon	直前 chokuzen = 'immediately preceding'. 呪文 jumon = 'magic formula, spell'.	The Immediately Preceding Spell
Korean
대결 Daegyeol		Confrontation
Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology)
Những câu thần chú từ trước tới nay	những = plural marker câu = 'expression, phrase'. thần chú (神咒) = 'spell, incantation'. từ = 'from'. trước = 'before'. tới = 'until'. nay = 'now'.	Spells So Far
Mongolian (new)
Приори инкантатем Priori inkantatem	Приори инкантатем Priori incantatem = 'Priori incantatem'.	Priori incantatem

A Latin expression for 'the reverse spell effect', where a wand is forced to regurgitate the spells it has performed, in reverse order. This is difficult to summarise or translate, which accounts for the rather different renditions.

• The Mainland Chinese 闪回咒 shǎn-huí-zhòu 'flash return spell' is the most succinct, but the meaning is not immediately clear.
  
  
• The Taiwanese uses the wording of the spell as its name: a whistling sound plus the words 'previous spells appear!'.
  
  
• The Japanese name, 直前呪文 chokuzen jumon 'immediately preceding spell', is of an explanatory nature, indicating the spell(s) that will emerge from the wand.

• The Vietnamese is the longest and most elaborate, indicating that multiple spells will emerge from the wand.
  
  
• Mongolian simply transliterates the English (Latin) name.

(Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)

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