What’s unoriginal about the Harry Potter books we know and love? Well for one thing, they’ve been “translated” from British English into American English. It’s a subtle change, but many readers, especially adult readers, might find their Harry Potter experience enhanced if Harry spoke of going “on holiday” rather than “on vacation” and spelled words like “color” or “armor” with a “u.” And some of the changes are more substantive—for example, the first book’s original title is Harry Potter and th...more