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Mapping the contours of humour: reflections on recent introductory studies
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 Introductions to fields of studies are almost a sub-genre in their own right, but are often resistant to direct comparison. The essay discusses four recent introductions to humour published by university presses, and what more broadly they may signify ...
Conal Condren
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2022 The empirical study presented in this article aims to determine some of the linguistic and cultural elements that can influence the production process and the reception of humour and to verify the applicability of the General Theory of Verbal Humor ...
Thuy Hien Le
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HUMOUR IN AUDIOVISUAL TEXTS: TRANSLATION ISSUES (BASED ON THE AMERICAN COMEDY “SIXTEEN CANDLES”)
Многоязычие в образовательном пространстве, 2021 The article considers the problems of conveying verbal means of expressing humour in translation taking the American comedy “Sixteen Candles” by John Hughes as an example.
N. M. Shutova, N. S. Semenova
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HUMOUR MECHANISMS IN TRANSLATING P. G. WODEHOUSE INTO ROMANIAN
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2019 Humour Mechanisms in Translation P.G. Wodehouse into Romanian. The aim of the present study is to analyse the Romanian translation of several instances of Wodehousian humour from the novels Thank You, Jeeves and Right Ho, Jeeves.
Laura CIOCHINĂ-CARASEVICI
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Humour in audiovisual translation: Theories and applications
Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research, 2021 The first 20 years of the 21st century have witnessed an explosion of audiovisual translation (AVT) products. Unlimited as to time, space and economic status, the widespread use of online streaming media has made AVT entertainment a feature of daily life.
Li Pan, Qing Zhou
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Transcreating humour for (re)dubbing into Arabic
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2022 The transfer of humorous elements in audio-visual texts is a challenging task as verbal expressions heavily rely on witty wordplay and are visually bound.
Rashid Yahiaoui
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Analysis of Humour in Tv Series Friends and Its Translation Into Lithuanian
Darnioji daugiakalbystė, 2017 The present study examines humour in the tenth season of the TV sitcom Friends and its translation from English into Lithuanian. With humour often believed to be culture-specific, humour translation presents a notorious issue in translation practice, as ...
Korostenskienė Julija +1 more
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English to Chinese fansub translation of humour in The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel
Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia, 2022 Humour is bounded by culture or language, and it involves shared knowledge and history between the sender and the receiver, which could make humour subtitling even more complicated.
Amin Amirdabbaghian
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 Contemporary texts often require a reader or viewer with vast background knowledge. One of the reasons behind this is intertextuality: every text is reliant, to a certain extent, on previous written, filmed, or painted artifacts.
Kateryna Pilyarchuk
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Humour loss in the Indonesian translation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019 This article explores the preservation of humour in the Indonesian translation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Through the use of questionnaires completed by young readers aged 12-15 years old, we examine whether passages in the novel that are ...
Issy Yuliasri, Pamela Allen
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