Chapter 29: The Phoenix Lament
| Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China) | ||
| 凤凰挽歌 Fènghuáng wǎngē |
凤凰
fènghuáng = 'phoenix'. 挽歌 wǎngē = 'dirge, elegy'. |
The phoenix dirge |
| Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan) | ||
| 鳳凰悲歌 Fènghuáng bēigē |
鳳凰 fènghuáng = 'phoenix'. 悲歌 bēigē = 'sad, stirring song; dirge, elegy'. |
The phoenix elegy |
| Japanese | ||
| 不死鳥の嘆き Fushi-chō no nageki |
不死鳥 fushi-chō = 'not-die bird' = 'phoenix'. の no = connecting particle 嘆き nageki = 'lament'. |
The lament of the phoenix |
| Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology) | ||
| Phượng hoàng than khóc | phượng hoàng (鳳凰) = 'phoenix'. than khóc = 'to lament, bewail'. (than = 嘆) |
The phoenix laments |
The phoenix laments the death of Dumbledore.
How is 'lament' translated?
Fawkes' song for the death of Dumbledore is called a 挽歌 wǎngē, a dirge or elegy, in the Mainland translation, and a 悲歌 bēigē, a sad and stirring song, dirge, or elegy in the Taiwanese translation.
The Japanese translation uses the word 嘆き nageki, meaning 'lament'. This is not a funeral dirge, but a plaint of sadness in the face of hardship or distress. It is the same word used at The Woes of Mrs Weasley (Book 5 Chapter 9).
The Vietnamese translator uses a verb (than khóc meaning 'to lament') rather than a noun.
(Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)
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