![]() ![]() In addition, she has subtitled Yiddish films for the National Center for Jewish Film and translated Yizkor (memorial) books for the Jewish Genealogical Society.Įxcerpts of Harry Potter in Yiddish! (and English) ![]() A former computer business analyst and software trainer, she is an experienced Yiddish teacher and translator, having taught at the Workmen's Circle, Gann Academy of Greater Boston, Boston University Hillel, and Brandeis University. Leavitt, a daughter of Shoah survivors, grew up speaking Yiddish and graduated from the Boston Workmen's Circle Yiddish Shule. Viswanath was interviewed by regular Yiddish Voice contributor Lillian ("Leah") Shporer-Leavitt, who prepared by reading the entire Yiddish translation, having already read every Harry Potter book in the series with her children. Arun lived for a time in the Boston area as a Harvard undergrad majoring in linguistics, and he now resides in New York and works in high tech as an operations strategist and data analyst. He has stated that his desire to translate Harry Potter grew from a strong feeling that a translation of such a popular children’s novel into Yiddish would be a boon and a resource for Yiddish students and teachers, Yiddish-speaking children and parents, and the Yiddish world more broadly. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, in a Yiddish- and Tamil-speaking home. The publisher web site for information and future purchases is here: Īrun “Arele” Schaechter Viswanath is the grandson of the prominent Yiddish linguist and professor Dr. A third printing is planned but delayed due to COVID-19. A second printing has since sold out as well. The Yiddish edition, with the title הערי פּאָטער און דער פֿילאָסאָפֿישער שטיין ( Harry Potter un der filosofisher shteyn), was published by Olniansky Tekst in 2020 and immediately sold out its first print run. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the wildly popular first novel in the Harry Potter series, written by British author J. This week's Yiddish Voice presents an interview, in Yiddish, with the creator of the recently published Yiddish translation of the first of the Harry Potter book series, Arun ("Arele") Viswanath (אַרעלע ווישוואַנאַט).
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