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| Anomi Newbie Austria Joined 4681 days ago 20 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 5 30 January 2012 at 4:44am | IP Logged |
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Do bilingual Tintin comics exist?
I was looking at books on The Book Depository website because they have many french language books as well as free shipping worldwide and I decided to pick up some Asterix and Tintin comics in French. I've never read either before, but I came across some Tintin comics listed as English/French where the pictures are of the English versions. They have separate listings for the French versions so I was wondering if these were bilingual texts. I couldn't find anything on the internet about such things existing so I thought I'd ask you guys if you'd come across anything like this before. If they don't exist, I suppose the English/French heading is just a way to identify that the book is available in both English and French. Though all the other books listed under this category ARE bilingual. Also, if you have a favorite volume of either Asterix or Tintin, please tell me which and why [: I've heard that 'Asterix et Cleopatre' is pretty popular, so I'm definitely going to pick that one up, but any more suggestions would be great! Edited by Anomi on 30 January 2012 at 10:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6542 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes  1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 2 of 5 30 January 2012 at 9:15am | IP Logged |
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Not to my knowledge, we do have serveral in various languages and I've used them (and Asterix and Obelix) as learning tools.
Asterix chez les Belges is my fav. - for the whips and cheese. Tintin et les Picaros too. - Because I'm from Mexico. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anomi Newbie Austria Joined 4681 days ago 20 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 5 31 January 2012 at 5:53am | IP Logged |
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Ah, thank you for replying (:
The listings must just be English editions. Do you have a preference of Tintin vs. Asterix? I know it's all personal opinion, but I thought I'd ask anyway. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5555 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 4 of 5 31 January 2012 at 11:12am | IP Logged |
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You could just buy two versions - or even borrow your native language one from the
library. The English and French editions are not exact translations as the translators have taken some liberties with the text, but they are pretty close. At the moment I am reading L'Affaire Tournesol/The Calculus Affair - and for no particularly good reason, save that I sometimes work in Lausanne, throwing in the Arpitan version L'afere Pecard. Great stuff. Edited by Elexi on 31 January 2012 at 11:14am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anomi Newbie Austria Joined 4681 days ago 20 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 5 of 5 31 January 2012 at 6:47pm | IP Logged |
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Well I wasn't really looking to buy an English version at all, just to enjoy the original. But I thought that if a bilingual option was available, I'd opt for that one just as an additional learning tool (:
I had never thought about look at my library for English versions, because I know they don't have the french originals. That's a good idea and one I'll look into. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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