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Author: Delia Chiaro ,
Rosa Maria Bollettieri Bosinelli ,
Delia Chiaro ,
Christie Davies
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Edition: NIPPOD
Volume: Vol. 1
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.368kg
ISBN: 9781441101143
ISBN 10: 1441101144
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 07 May 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
This book significantly advances both translation studies and humour scholarship. Delia Chiaro has assembled a unique array of experts to reflect on the challenges of translating humour. Volume one is replete with examples and practical advice from masterly translators but it is also that rare thing - a scholarly book about humour that is itself humorous. It instructs while it entertains. From Michael Ewans' recapturing of Aristophanic satire's original shock-value and Marguerite Wells' lively account of matching the Japanese tally of 27 synonyms for ""prostitute"", to the insights afforded by Christie Davies' ""translations"" of Scottish religious jokes into other varieties of English and Walter Redfern's self-discoveries in the process of creating French and Spanish versions of a poem to his father, this book illuminates both the nature of translation and of humour. The second volume will be eagerly awaited. -- Jessica Milner Davis, Honorary Associate, School of Letters, Art and Media, University of Sydney, Australia ... demonstrates how pervasive humour is in everyday life and how important its translation has always been in different literary traditions... Chiaro, a renowned scholar in humour translation, edits this volume and in the introduction, she provides an overview of the book but also offers some insights into humour and translation. * Applied Linguistics, vol 33, no 4, September 2012 *
This book significantly advances both translation studies and humour scholarship. Delia Chiaro has assembled a unique array of experts to reflect on the challenges of translating humour. Volume one is replete with examples and practical advice from masterly translators but it is also that rare thing - a scholarly book about humour that is itself humorous. It instructs while it entertains. From Michael Ewans' recapturing of Aristophanic satire's original shock-value and Marguerite Wells' lively account of matching the Japanese tally of 27 synonyms for prostitute , to the insights afforded by Christie Davies' translations of Scottish religious jokes into other varieties of English and Walter Redfern's self-discoveries in the process of creating French and Spanish versions of a poem to his father, this book illuminates both the nature of translation and of humour. The second volume will be eagerly awaited. -- Jessica Milner Davis, Honorary Associate, School of Letters, Art and Media, University of Sydney, Australia ... demonstrates how pervasive humour is in everyday life and how important its translation has always been in different literary traditions... Chiaro, a renowned scholar in humour translation, edits this volume and in the introduction, she provides an overview of the book but also offers some insights into humour and translation. * Applied Linguistics, vol 33, no 4, September 2012 *
Author Information
Delia Chiaro is Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Bologna, Italy.
