Video: Harry Potter and the Translator's Nightmare

This video by Vox explains how J.K. Rowling didn't give any advice to translators for the Harry Potter books (as the books were published by different publishers in different countries), and how - thanks to a lot of plays on words, puzzles, and made up words - translators had to get creative when translating the books.  I find it interesting that the Chinese version had end notes explaining cultural aspects (much like the English version of Cixin Liu's Three-Body Problem).

Shout-Out: Japan Sinks - Sakyo Komatsu

After dropping anchor for the night near a small island to the south of Japan, a crew of fishermen awaken to find that the island has vanished without a trace. An investigating scientist theorizes that the tiny island has succumbed to the same force that divided the Japanese archipelago from the mainland ― and that the disastrous shifting of a fault in the Japan Trench has placed the entire country in danger of being swallowed by the sea.

Based on rigorous scientific speculation, Japan Sinks recounts a completely credible series of geological events. The story unfolds from multiple points of view, offering fascinating perspectives on the catastrophe's political, social, and psychological effects. Winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Seiun Award, this prescient 1973 science-fiction novel foreshadowed the consequences of the 1995 Osaka-Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.