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Pokémon Adventures has been licensed for English translation by two different companies: [[VIZ Media]], located in the United States, and [[Chuang Yi]], located in {{pmin|Singapore}}.

Beginning in July 2000, Pokémon Adventures was translated into English and published in the United States by [[VIZ Media]]. However, publication ceased in 2003 after the {{chap|Yellow}} concluded with {{PAV|7}}. These translations read from left-to-right with the artwork in reverse from the original version, to conform with the style of North American comics and other Japanese manga published at the time. Other content, such as the route maps at the end of every volume, was omitted as well. Samples from this translation of Pokémon Adventures can be found in the [[The Best of Pokémon Adventures]] volumes, which were both published in 2006.

In June 2009, VIZ Media began rereleasing the series beginning from {{PAV|1}}. Rather than just reissue the previous translations, VIZ Media has opted for a "second edition" - these volumes feature a new translation, with the right-to-left artwork and all of the content omitted from the previous translation restored. However, the new translation still follows closely to the original translation, containing some of the same dialogue and all the same titles for the rounds, as well as a lack of nicknames for {{Adv|Red}}'s or {{Adv|Green}}'s Pokémon (although Red's Pokémon receive nicknames in later volumes). In addition, these second editions contain edits not found in the first edition, such as the editing of {{adv|Green}}'s battle with [[Sabrina]] in ''[[PS032|A Little Kadabra'll Do It]]'' to remove the scene of Green hiding [[Poké Ball]]s in her top and the [[Pokémon controversy#Racism|recoloring of Jynx]] to match its current color of purple.

Following the second edition of {{PAV|7}}, VIZ Media has begun to release volumes which are new to North America, beginning with {{PAV|8}} in August 2010. While continuing the format of the second editions, there are some edits in the new-to-American audience volumes, like editing a scene of Crys' mother slapping her in {{PAV|11}} into a glare and editing the scene of [[Norman]] punching {{Adv|Ruby}} into him dropping Ruby due to lightning in {{PAV|17}}. VIZ Media took a break in publication following the release of {{PAV|14}} in August 2011, which concluded the {{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}} (''[[PS180|The Last Battle XIV]]'' was moved to the end of Volume 14). They resumed production of the series with {{PAV|15}} in March 2013.

In July 2010, it was announced that the {{chap|Diamond & Pearl}} would be published concurrently with the {{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}} as a "second series" called '''Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum''', with {{PAV|30}} published as the first volume of the second series. This second series releases one new volume triannually and began publication in February 2011. In addition to the rounds from the {{chap|Diamond & Pearl}}, VIZ Media is also publishing rounds from the {{chap|Black & White}} as a third series, '''Pokémon Black and White''', beginning in July 2011. As these rounds were not currently collected in volume format in Japan at the time of publication, the rounds are instead gathered directly from the magazine version of Pokémon Adventures. However, beginning in 2013, VIZ Media will also release the volume collections.

[[Chuang Yi]], a manga company based in {{pmin|Singapore}}, has been translating Pokémon Adventures into English since {{PAV|1}} in May 2000. Unlike VIZ Media, Chuang Yi's publishing of Pokémon Adventures has never been stopped. Chuang Yi's translations of Pokémon Adventures for the first 40 volumes are printed in a left-to-right format with artwork in reverse from the original version. Chuang Yi's new translations from {{PAV|41}} onwards are printed in the right-to-left format.  

Chuang Yi's translations of Pokémon Adventures are available in {{pmin|Singapore}}, Malaysia, {{pmin|South Asia|India}}, {{pmin|the Philippines}}, {{pmin|Indonesia}} and {{pmin|Thailand}}.