Translating Puns for Subtitling

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Elena Aleksandrova

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Date Written: November 17, 2017

Abstract

This study has attempted to establish the possible ways of translating puns for subtitling. The study is also intended to identify the most problematic cases of screen translation and the factors which cause these problems. In order to support such an approach a corpus of 7 American and British films has been compiled, including their various translations into French. In the films, almost 15 instances of original linguistic jokes have been identified.

Keywords: Pun, Screen Translation, Subtitling, Linguistic Joke

Suggested Citation

Aleksandrova, Elena, Translating Puns for Subtitling (November 17, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3072811 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3072811

Elena Aleksandrova (Contact Author)

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) ( email )

Moscow, 119571
Russia

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