Eigennamen in der literarischen Übersetzung, dargestellt am Beispiel von Übersetzungen von J.K. Rowlings 'Harry Potter'

The article deals with several problems that are connected with proper names in the translation of literary texts and analyzes translations of J.K. Rowling's bestseller 'Harry Potter'. The results of our investigations respectively comparisons show that it is nearly impossible to preserve all functions of a literary name in a target language text

Neue Quellen für ein Leipziger Personennamenbuch

The paper presents a collection of proper names (first names and surnames), that was edited as a reprint from the Saxon Academy of Sciences (Leipzig). The now available names of the so called “Nienborger Atlas” contain more than 750 first names and surnames from homeowners of the city of Leipzig in the year 1712 and was not yet evaluated onomastically