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Chapter 3: The Dursleys Departing

Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China)
德思礼一家离开
Désīlǐ yījiā líkāi
德思礼 Désīlǐ = 'Dursley'.
一家 yījiā = 'family, whole family'.
离开 líkāi = 'leave, depart'.
The Dursley family departs
Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan)
德思禮一家出逃
Désīlǐ yījiā chūtáo
德思禮 Désīlǐ = 'Dursley'.
一家 yījiā = 'family, whole family'.
出逃 chūtáo = 'flee, run away'.
The Dursley family flees
Japanese
ダーズリー家去る
Dāzurii-ke saru
ダーズリー Dāzurii = Dursley.
家 ke = 'family'.
去る saru = 'leave, go'.
The Dursley family departs
Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology)
Cuộc ra đi của nhà Dursley cuộc = an action or event
ra đi = 'go out, leave'.
của = connecting particle
nhà = 'family'.
Dursley = 'Dursley'.
The departure of the Dursley family

All fairly straightforward, but with subtly different ways of presenting the Dursley departure.

The Japanese again omits the subject particle が ga. Moreover, the verb 去る saru is somewhat literary in effect. The result is quite solemn.

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

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