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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Chapter 24: Occlumency
(For the romanisation of Chinese and Japanese, see Transliteration. To understand the writing systems of CJV, see Writing Systems. For word order notes, see Word Order)
Where a Vietnamese word has been borrowed from Chinese, the original Chinese character is shown in parentheses.
| Chinese (Mainland) | 大脑封闭术 Dànǎo fēngbì-shù |
大脑
dànǎo
= 'cerebrum, brain'. 封闭 fēngbì = 'to seal, close' 术 shù = 'technique'. |
Cerebral closing technique |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 鎖心術 Suǒxīn-shù |
鎖
suǒ
= 'lock'. 心 xīn = 'heart, mind'. 術 shù = 'technique'. |
Mind locking technique |
| Japanese | 閉心術 Heishin-jutsu |
閉 hei =
'close'. 心 shin = 'heart, mind'. 術 -jutsu = 'art, technique'. |
Mind closing technique |
| Vietnamese | Bế quan bí thuật | bế quan (閉關)
= 'to close' (a frontier). bí thuật (秘術) = 'secret technique'. |
Secret closing technique |
'Occlumency' is the technique of closing the mind to outside probes and influences. It seems related to 'occlude' (to close) and 'mentis' (the mind).
The Chinese translator quite literally translates this as the 'technique of closing the brain (or cerebrum)'. The Taiwanese translator rather more succinctly renders it as 'lock heart/mind technique'. The Japanese uses a very similar translation referring to a 'close heart/mind technique'.
The Vietnamese translator interprets the expression as a 'secret technique for closing' something off, without specifying that this refers to closing the mind.
(A summary of this chapter can be found at Harry Potter Facts. Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)
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