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Hattix t1_j1j5uo1 wrote

Reply to comment by JPHutchy01 in Today I learned that Druids gathered Mistletoe using Golden Sickles by darth_nadoma

René Goscinny is on record several times praising the English translators, at least once saying he'd wished he'd have thought of a pun they used.

For example, he preferred Dogmatix to Idéfix. They both mean "fixed idea", the dog is in every book, but Dogmatix works better.

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CaptainBaoBao t1_j1joz28 wrote

Gosciny have lived in England. It is how he made a Asterix And The Briton so accurate.

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13gecko t1_j1jscqj wrote

Oooh, I didn't know some names were different. I'm going to have to google the OG French version now.

He's right, "Dogmatix" is perfection.

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