Post by The KKM on Jul 3, 2017 13:13:17 GMT
Something I've been thinking about.
In Portuguese, Gyro is named "Professor Pardal". Translated, "Professor Sparrow". No first name, in the same way a lot of the characters have a single solitary name.
In a recent story I've re-read though, a print of one of the Italian stories dealing with Fantomius, I'm pretty sure I saw a reference to "Archimede". In the original, this of course refers to Gyro, who's named Archimede Pitagorico in Italian; when in this translation though, it would indicate that decades and decades after the character was introduced, he's finally given the Portuguese name of "Arquimedes Pardal".
Are there any such cases people can recall? Disney characters have decades of luggage, normally, so a lot of their elements crystalise and are really hard to change. Something like the change in Zé Carioca's design in the 90s, or AMJ's in Dutch comics, that then stick around, are once in a blue moon. So I'm wondering, can you people think of other such examples of character changes introduced decades after the characters were established that actually manage to stick around and be referenced in other stories? Other than the obvious "pretty much everything Rosa did with Scrooge McDuck".
In Portuguese, Gyro is named "Professor Pardal". Translated, "Professor Sparrow". No first name, in the same way a lot of the characters have a single solitary name.
In a recent story I've re-read though, a print of one of the Italian stories dealing with Fantomius, I'm pretty sure I saw a reference to "Archimede". In the original, this of course refers to Gyro, who's named Archimede Pitagorico in Italian; when in this translation though, it would indicate that decades and decades after the character was introduced, he's finally given the Portuguese name of "Arquimedes Pardal".
Are there any such cases people can recall? Disney characters have decades of luggage, normally, so a lot of their elements crystalise and are really hard to change. Something like the change in Zé Carioca's design in the 90s, or AMJ's in Dutch comics, that then stick around, are once in a blue moon. So I'm wondering, can you people think of other such examples of character changes introduced decades after the characters were established that actually manage to stick around and be referenced in other stories? Other than the obvious "pretty much everything Rosa did with Scrooge McDuck".
