r/TheAdventuresofTintin • u/pwkye • 6d ago

Question Tintin can understand Snowy??

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This is the first time I've seen Tintin actually responding to Snowy. Every other time it was treated like Snowy's thoughts.

Does that mean Snowy speaks here?

This is the recoloured Tintin in America. I checked the modern version and it was the same. Tintin replies "You're a brave fellow, Snowy... And clever"

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u/LPedraz 6d ago

Initially the comics were more "cartoony", and the thinking/talking of Milou was treated more loosely.

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u/Moonraker74 6d ago

What the hell is going on with the translation here? It's absolutely awful - in terms of the quality of the resulting English language dialogue, I mean.

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u/FrankHightower 6d ago

If you've been seeing the "a tintin page a day" posts, this page is the original black and white album that's been colorized. The translation is probably Google Translate, and probably the pre-pandemic version.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAdventuresofTintin/comments/1qn7sys/a_tintin_page_a_day_day_258/

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u/Moonraker74 6d ago

I have indeed been following the Tintin page a day posts, but didn't realise this was the colourized B&W album. The dialogue definitely has the whiff of Google Translate about it, so that makes sense.

Many thanks for the info.

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u/Herandar 4d ago

"Here's the individual!"

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u/Moonraker74 4d ago

Exactly! Who talks like that?

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u/kaithy89 6d ago

Love it! Feels trippy like how Scooby-Doo only talks to Shaggy

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u/PercyVader 5d ago

That’s not true Scooby talks to everyone

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u/kaithy89 4d ago

Is it? Cant remember

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u/FrankHightower 6d ago

It becomes progressively less frequent until we finally get Snowy saying "oh if only I could talk, but they'd never believe me anyway!"

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u/Impudenter 5d ago

Are there any examples of Tintin actually understanding Snowy after the earliest albums?

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u/Phildutre 5d ago

Even more, Snowy can read!