The process of translating humour, if already far from easy, verges on the sophisticated when such humour is based on cultural on linguistic allusion; in the case of the Asterix series, the worldwide success of versions in various languages is due to the personal craft of translators in conveying translatable aspects and even creating new jokes. This essay reviews the difficulties encounters and the techniques used in the Spanish and English versions of Astérix chez les Bretons and Astérix chez les Belges; the author aims to prove the superiority of the English translation compared to the Spanish one, and also lists a number of fragments which, due to an extensive usage of puns, could be considered as an improvement on the French original.