Towards a Model of Describing Humour Translation

A Case Study of the Greek Subtitled Versions of Airplane! and Naked Gun

Bibliographic Data

ID4345239
AuthorsDimitris Asimakoulas (0000-0003-3264-4807, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume49
Issue4
Pages822-842
Publication date2005-01-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMeta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421
PublisherConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/009784ar
OpenAlexW2072012174
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited16

Being rooted in a specific cultural and linguistic context, humour can pose significant problems to translation. This paper will discuss data collected from films in the light of a suggested framework based on script theory of humour initially proposed by Attardo and specifically adapted here for subtitling. The data include such categories as wordplay, where a more 'semiotic' approach is employed, comparisons, parody, disparagement and register humour. These data were culled from two films translated into Greek:Airplane!(1980), directed by David Zucker and Jim Abrahams andThe Naked Gun: From the Files of the Police Squad(1988), directed by David Zucker, which exhibit a great concentration of verbal humorous sequences and inventive puns. It will be suggested that there was leeway to creatively solve linguistically/culturally based translation problems, although inconsistencies were to be observed

Art · Context (archaeology) · Linguistic analysis · Linguistic context · Linguistics · Literature · Pun · Register (sociolinguistics) · Semiotics · Translation (biology) · Computer Science · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media · Translation Studies and Practices

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