This book investigates the translation potential of names in children's literature through the analysis of the translational patterns of names from English into Greek in the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. More specifically, it proposes a new name taxonomy wherein names are envisaged as multidimensional entities consisting of a thematic, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic dimension and linked with their translation potential through the detailed exploration of name-type and translation procedure. It is suggested that the extensive use of the translation procedures of...