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Alarmed-Web-916 t1_jdwucyu wrote

Voldemort was French?

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Anathema_Quill t1_jdxi6ue wrote

he name actually means « flight from death » in french, which i think is pretty cool!

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Alarmed-Web-916 t1_jdxiy2f wrote

Interesting ! So I guess the word play wasn’t as much of an issue in the French translation (Tom marvolo riddle = I am lord voldemort”)

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TaranisPT t1_jdy0rc8 wrote

They changed his name completely in French to Tom Elvis Jedusor, so the anagram becomes "Je suis Voldemort", which translates to "I am Voldemort".

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