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Harry Potter: 'I am Lord Voldemort' in Different Languages

Written by Tom Bowen
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In Harry Potter of the Chamber of Secrets, series fans learn that Lord Voldemort's real name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, but some translations change this.

Towards the end of Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Harry learns that the young boy in the diary is hiding a dark secret. With a flick of his wand, Tom Marvolo Riddle rearranges the letters of his name to reveal that they are an annagram of "I am Lord Voldemort"; finally confirming what many readers and viewers had already come to suspect. It was a pretty cool way to disclose the information, but one that caused problems for the people responsible for translating the book.

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