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Thayenga
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R. I. P. Nov 15, 2018

But her work will live on.

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YESHWANT UMRALKAR
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Stupendous Jun 27, 2019

Translating Asterix into English was a stupendous job. Not once while reading the comics does one get a feeling that the work is a translation. R.I.P. Anthea
 


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Anthea Bell, deft translator of Asterix comics and literary classics, dies at 82







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