Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the World

Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by lostlogin on Monday June 26, 2023 @03:04AM (#36476618)

> getafix

Half the names are like this. My favourites are Dogmatix, Vitalstatistix and Impedimenta.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asterix_characters

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by Georgelemental on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:47AM (#36480291)

Note that the names of many characters are changed from the original French, with different plays on words.

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by GuB-42 on Monday June 26, 2023 @11:16AM (#36480758)

And sometimes the English ones are better! And I say it as a French who grew up on Asterix. In my opinion, the original names are good, but not great, and the translators did an outstanding job.

For example, the original French name for Dogmatix is Idéfix, which conveys the same idea, but without the "dog" pun.

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