Are there any examples of books being improved in translation?
The Asterix books - for example, the dog is Idéfix in French (meaning obsession) but Dogmatix in English, adding the canine pun to the idea of single-mindedness; the druid is Panoramix in the original (meaning panoramic) but Getafix in the translation, providing a more relevant name through druggy wordplay.
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As translated by whom? or just translated into reality? ;-)
Exactly!
I see you go by the name Roberts.
Roberts?
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