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I didn't realize they release the English version at the same time as the French one. Is the translation good?
by gniv 11mo ago
I didn't realize they release the English version at the same time as the French one. Is the translation good?
- thisislife2 11mo agoCan't specifically comment on the translation as I don't know French, but I grew up reading the English versions of this comic and have always enjoyed it. Ofcourse, those were by Anthea Bell whose translations have been acclaimed in the media ( https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/18/anthea-bell-magnificent-translator-of-asterix-and-kafka-dies-aged-82 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/18/anthea-bell-ma... ) , and online too. Now someone else has taken up the translation. Overall though, I was a bit disappointed with the writing, by Fabcaro, for this issue - it wasn't as good as Asterix and the White Iris (the previous issue). (Don't know if something was lost in the tranlsation this time). Personally, I enjoyed the stories written by Jean-Yves Ferri's (the Picts, the Missing Scroll, the Chariot Race, the Chieftain's Daughter and the Griffin) more than Fabcaro (who wrote for the last two issues).
- gniv 11mo agoI had heard about the old translations being great but I never read one. I should look them up although here in France might be hard lol.
- thisislife2 11mo agoThe English editions are available online - https://archive.org/details/asterix_201907/01_Asterix_the_Gaul/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/asterix_201907/01_Asterix_the_Ga...