Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up Comedy
The present paper investigates the difficulties in preserving humour in translating euphemisms in a specific, popular comedy genre: stand-up comedy. The investigation goes beyond the lexical level and focuses on the constraints of the audio-visual translation as well.
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| description | The present paper investigates the difficulties in preserving humour in translating euphemisms in a specific, popular comedy genre: stand-up comedy. The investigation goes beyond the lexical level and focuses on the constraints of the audio-visual translation as well. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c626eda548f4c20892596bfd73fb2322022-12-22T04:28:55ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies2286-04282020-12-01171637310.1515/rjes-2020-0008rjes-2020-0008Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up ComedyFrenţiu Luminiţa0West University of TimișoaraThe present paper investigates the difficulties in preserving humour in translating euphemisms in a specific, popular comedy genre: stand-up comedy. The investigation goes beyond the lexical level and focuses on the constraints of the audio-visual translation as well.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0008audio-visual translationeuphemismshumour |
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| title | Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up Comedy |
| title_full | Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up Comedy |
| title_fullStr | Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up Comedy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up Comedy |
| title_short | Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up Comedy |
| title_sort | translating euphemisms in an audio visual medium the case of stand up comedy |
| topic | audio-visual translation euphemisms humour |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0008 |
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