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Was that funny? Multi-modal wordplay translation and audience types

Winegarner, Nikolas Olof LU (2020) ALSK11 20192
General Linguistics
Abstract
In this paper I will set out to show what effect the intended audience of a text has on how one approaches the translation of word play as it appears in comic strips, and how one should analyze those translation. I will do this by analyzing a set of comic strips, all featuring an instance of wordplay which combines the visual and textual elements of the text, which I translated according to metrics proposed by the literature and my own audience types. This paper shows, in the opinion of the author, that audience type can in some instances supersede the visual/textual interplay in translation in certain cases where the humorous instance was directed at a specific audience.
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author
Winegarner, Nikolas Olof LU
supervisor
organization
course
ALSK11 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Translation Studies, Wordplays, Humor, Comic Strips, Multimodality
language
English
id
9019012
date added to LUP
2020-06-16 15:55:29
date last changed
2020-06-16 15:55:29
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  abstract     = {{In this paper I will set out to show what effect the intended audience of a text has on how one approaches the translation of word play as it appears in comic strips, and how one should analyze those translation. I will do this by analyzing a set of comic strips, all featuring an instance of wordplay which combines the visual and textual elements of the text, which I translated according to metrics proposed by the literature and my own audience types. This paper shows, in the opinion of the author, that audience type can in some instances supersede the visual/textual interplay in translation in certain cases where the humorous instance was directed at a specific audience.}},
  author       = {{Winegarner, Nikolas Olof}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Was that funny? Multi-modal wordplay translation and audience types}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}