Editorial Empúries

Harry Potter i la Pedra Filosofal
The first Harry Potter book translated to Catalan was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ("Harry Potter i la Pedra Filosofal" in Catalan) in 1999 by Laura Escorihuela Martínez, and it was first published for the collection "Narrativa" by the Editorial Empúries. She work together with the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes to translate this book. She did a really good job translating it, because for example the Erised (Desire) mirror was translated in Spanish as Erised too, which should have been Oesed (Deseo), Laura Escorihuela translated it into Catalan as Gised (Desig), which is the correct translation.

Harry Potter i la Cambra Secreta
Later that same year, she quickly translated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ("Harry Potter i la Cambra Secreta" in Catalan) due to Catalan fans requests. It was also published in 1999.

And later also that same year, she had to translate Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ("Harry Potter i el Pres d'Azkaban" in Catalan), which would be later published in 2000, still in Editorial Empúries.

Harry Potter i el Pres d'Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ("Harry Potter i el Calze the Foc" in Catalan) was translated by Laura Escorihuela a year later than the original one, in 2001. This time she had his husband's help, Marc Alcegra.

Harry Potter i l'Orde del Fènix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ("Harry Potter i l'Orde del Fènix" in Catalan) was translated by another person: Xavier Pàmies Giménez. He had some mistakes translating because he changed some already translated names by Laura Escorihuela, which made the readers a little bit confused. The original UK version of this book has 766 pages, and it's the longest one, but the Catalan version has even more pages, it has 968 pages. This was translated in 2004 and published in 2005.

Harry Potter i el Misteri del Príncep
The same translator translated Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ("Harry Potter i el Misteri del Príncep" in Catalan) later in 2006 still in the Editorial Empúries. The biggest and most important mistake was the title: "el Misteri del Príncep", because it translates to the "the Mistery of the Prince", not the Half-Blood Prince, just the Prince. This brought confusion between the readers because they didn't know he was Half-Blood.

Harry Potter i les Relíquies de la mort
The last and definitive book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ("Harry Potter i les Relíquies de la Mort" in Catalan) was also translated by Xavier Pàmies in 2008 and also published in 2008. Even though this book was better translated than the others, some of the Catalan fans knew him as "the bad translator".