Jean-François Ménard
Jean-François Ménard (born 1948) is a French author and translator, known for translating the ''Harry Potter'' books into French. By October 2017, Ménard had translated 250 works, including ''The BFG'' by Roald Dahl and the ''Artemis Fowl'' series by Eoin Colfer.He studied philosophy for one year at Paris Nanterre University, coinciding with the May 1968 student protests and then went into cinema, serving as assistant director to Philippe de Broca on ''Les Caprices de Marie''. Starting from the 1970s, he wrote original children's literature for Gallimard Jeunesse, before moving on to translations.
Ménard came up with his own French-language names for features of the ''Harry Potter'' books. For example, the Sorting Hat became a ''choixpeau'', a cross between ''choix'' (choice) and ''chapeau'' (hat). He translated ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' in two months, commenting that it was more difficult than previous translations due to J.K. Rowling's improved writing and the intensity of the narrative.
On 31 March 2017, Ménard was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Mons in Belgium. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Marie, Isabelle, Leroi, Anne-Marie, Gourcerol, Guillaume, Levesque, Hervé, Ménard, Jean-François, Ducrotte, Philippe
Published 2015
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4by Marie, Isabelle, Hatron, Pierre-Yves, Cherin, Patrick, Hachulla, Eric, Diot, Elisabeth, Vittecoq, Olivier, Menard, Jean-François, Jouen, Fabienne, Dominique, Stéphane
Published 2013
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5by Goëb, Vincent, Dieudé, Philippe, Vittecoq, Olivier, Mejjad, Othmane, Ménard, Jean-François, Thomas, Marlène, Gilbert, Danièle, Boumier, Patrick, Pouplin, Sophie, Daragon, Alain, Fardellone, Patrice, Tron, François, Cornélis, François, Le Loët, Xavier
Published 2005
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6by Wils, Julien, Duparc, Céline, Cailleux, Anne-Françoise, Lopez, Antoine-Guy, Guiheneuf, Caroline, Boutelet, Isabelle, Boyer, Hadrien-Gaël, Dubessy, Christophe, Cherifi, Saloua, Cauliez, Bruno, Gobet, Françoise, Defortescu, Guillaume, Ménard, Jean-François, Louiset, Estelle, Lefebvre, Hervé
Published 2020
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7by Rowling, J. K.Other Authors: “…Ménard, Jean-François…”
Published 1998
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