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Alterations between versions

The United States edition of Good Omens had numerous alterations to the text. The most significant alteration to the main text is the addition of an extra 700-word section just before the end, dealing with what happened to the character of Warlock, the American diplomat's son, who was swapped with Adam.^[4] The American edition also adds numerous footnotes not found in British editions.

The Dutch translation of Good Omens contains an ironic preface by the translator wherein he asserts that no extra footnotes were added to clarify matters that might be unclear to a modern audience—annotated with footnotes explaining omen and Crowley.

In the French version, some characters were given French-sounding names. Agnes Nutter became Agnès Barge (barge is french for nutter), Anathema Device became Anthème Bidule (Bidule being french for Device). More interestingly, Crowley became Rampa, after the infamous author of The Third Eye, T.L. Rampa. It is to be noted that the french publisher of Good Omens (J'Ai Lu) was also the french publisher of the T.L. Rampa books.

Translations

• Dobri predznaci: Fina i točna proročanstva Agnes Nutter, vještice (Croatian)
• Добри поличби (Bulgarian)
• 好預兆 (Traditional Chinese)
• 好兆头 (Simplified Chinese)
• Dobrá znamení (Czech)
• Hoge Omens: de oprechte en secure voorspellingen van Agnes Nutter, een heks (Dutch)
• Head ended (Estonian)
• Hyviä enteitä eli Agnes Nutterin hienot ja oikeat ennustukset (Finnish)
• De bons présages (French)
• Ein gutes Omen (German)
• בשורות טובות: נבואותיה הנחמדות והמדויקות של אגנס נאטר, מכשפה (Hebrew)
• Elveszett Próféciák (Hungarian)
• Buona Apocalisse a tutti! (Italian)
• 멋진 징조들 (Korean)
• Dobry Omen (Polish)
• Belas Maldições: As Belas e Precisas Profecias de Agnes Nutter, Bruxa (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Bons Augúrios (Portuguese)
• Semne bune (Romanian)
• Добрые предзнаменования (Russian)
• Dobra predskazanja (Serbian)
• Buenos Presagios, las buenas y ajustadas profecias de Agnes la Chalada, profetisa (Spanish)
• Goda Omen (Swedish)
• Bir Kıyamet Komedisi (Turkish)