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But man, I remember that party at the bookstore being so fun. I'm a little late for the 16 year exact, but I found the sticker today.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So there was this completely unhinged Russian translation of Harry Potter (thankfully, not the most popular one) that completely butchered the names. Severus Snape was renamed to "Злодеус Злей" - literally, "Villainous Evil". Was real fun in the last book, especially the epilogue