2009年3月3日星期二

Hallow, relics bidder

Chinese bidder says will not pay for relics bought at Paris auction
AFP
Authorities in Beijing had repeatedly demanded the sale not go ahead, and that the relics be returned to China. Cai Mingchao, a well-known antique collector ...

Ruling in China-Saint Laurent relics row due late Monday
AFP
PARIS (AFP) — A French court will hand down a ruling in a cultural relics row with China moments before the start of a three-day auction Monday of Yves ...

Wikipedia article "Hallow". 寫得不錯

法国一少年，因为私自翻译《哈利波特7 HP7》并公布于网络上，面临牢狱之灾。 (英文)

哈利波特7-哈利與致命聖靈；《哈利波特與死聖》；哈利·波特與死亡聖徒

ニューヨーク──ファンタジー小説「ハリー・ポッター」の完結編「Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows」」（ハリー・ポッターと死の秘法＝仮題）

Hallows can refer to saints, the relics (including remains) of the saints, the relics of gods, or shrines in which relics are kept.^[5][6] Since the essence of these saints or gods were often considered present at their shrines and in their relics, hallows came to refer to the saints or gods themselves, rather than just their relics or shrines. Because of these various usage possibilities, the hallowed (sacred) hallows (relics) of a hallowed (holy) hallow (saint) might be stored in a hallowed (consecrated) hallow (shrine).

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, due for release on July 21, 2007. Rowling has declined to state what "Deathly Hallows" means, saying it "would give away too much of the story".^[10] Following the difficulties experienced by the book's translators in adapting to the title to their own language, the Swedish interpreters announced that Rowling had offered the alternate title Harry Potter and the Relics of Death, which in Swedish is rendered as Harry Potter och dödsrelikerna.^[11] ^[12]

Definition

relic

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noun [C]
1 an object, tradition or system from the past which continues to exist:
During the dig, the archeological team found some relics from the Stone Age.
The country's employment system is a relic of the 1960s when jobs were scarce.

2 a part of the body or something that belonged to a holy person:
These bones are the relics of a 12th-century saint.