Asterix around the World - the many Languages of Asterix

Dossier: portuguese & Brazilian

Introduction

There are several publishers who published Portuguese editions of Asterix.
In Portugal we first saw Livraria Bertrand & Livraria IBIS then Livraria Bertrand alone followed by Verbo and Meribérica-Liber. Todays publisher is Editorial ASA.
In Brazil we see Bruguera who later changed name into Cedibra. Todays publisher for the Brazil market is Editora Record. Some Brazilian titles have two different versions, whereas other titles have one version used by the last two Brazilean publishers. Our investigation has been recorded in the table below.
In Brazil, Asterix first appeared in the weekly magazine Tintin in 1968/69 with the title Legionário.

Bertrant & Meriberica - Cedibra & Record

Other Publishers

Covers of Editorial Bruguera and Livraria Bertrand & Editorial Ibis.
The text of Bruguera is the same as in the Cedibra editions (same publisher but another name).
The map and intro text of Livraria Bertrand & Editorial Ibis differs from Livraria Bertrand.

Comparing Verbo with Meriberica

Asterix in Brazil - 1968/69 weekly magazine Tintin

Asterix in Brazil - Comparing Cedibra with Editorial Record

With one exception, the new editions were translated by Cláudio Varga, see the Y marks in the last column.
Sometimes the changes between both versions are only minimal.

	Title	Cedibra	Record	Different
1	1. Asterix, o Gaulês	Tânia Calmon	Tânia Calmon	N
2	13. Asterix e a foice de ouro	Eli Gomes	Eli Gomes	N
3	15. Asterix e os Godos	Eli Gomes	Eli Gomes	N
4	12. Asterix Gladiador	Eli Gomes	Cláudio Varga	Y
5	10. Asterix em uma volta pela Gália	Eli Gomes	Cláudio Varga	Y
6	2. Asterix e Cleópatra	Paulo Madeira Rodriges	Paulo Madeira Rodriges	N
7	3. Asterix e o Combate dos Chefes	Jorge Faure Pontual	Jorge Faure Pontual	N
8	4. Asterix entre os Bretões	Jorge Faure Pontual	Jorge Faure Pontual	N
9	14. Asterix e os Normandos	Eli Gomes	Cláudio Varga	Y
10	17. Asterix legionário	Vania Azevedo	Vania Azevedo	N
11	11. Asterix e o Escudo Arverno	Eli Gomes	Cláudio Varga	Y
12	5. Asterix nos Jogos Olímpicos	Heloísa de Faria	Heloísa de Faria (!)	Y
13	6. Asterix e o Caldeirão	Jorge Faure Pontual	Cláudio Varga	Y
14	7. Asterix na Hispânia	Jorge Faure Pontual	Cláudio Varga	Y
15	8. Asterix e a Cizânia	Jorge Faure Pontual	Cláudio Varga	Y
16	9. Asterix entre os Helvéticos	Eli Gomes	Cláudio Varga	Y
17	16. Asterix e o Domínio dos Deuses	Vania Azevedo	Cláudio Varga	Y
18	18. Asterix e os Louros de César	Eli Gomes	Cláudio Varga	Y
19	19. Asterix e o Adivinho	Tânia Calmon	Cláudio Varga	Y
20	20. Asterix na Córsega	Suzana Jungueira	Cláudio Varga	Y
21	21. Asterix e o Presente de Cesar	Eli Gomes	Cláudio Varga	Y
22	22. Asterix e a Grande Travessia	Eli Gomes	Eli Gomes	N
23	23. Obelix & Companhia	Eli Gomes	Eli Gomes	N
24	24. Asterix entre os Belgas	Eli Gomes	Eli Gomes	N