Humour in Audiovisual Translation: Theories and Applications

315 Pages·2019·3.376 MB·English

by  Margherita Dore

HUMOUR IN AUDIOVISUAL
TRANSLATION
THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS
Magrherita Dore
Humour in Audiovisual
Translation
This book offers a comprehensive account of the audiovisual translation
(AVT) of humour, bringing together insights from translation studies
and humour studies to outline the key theories underpinning this grow-
ing area of study and their applications to case studies from television
and flm. The volume outlines the ways in which the myriad linguistic
manifestations and functions of humour make it diffcult for scholars
to provide a unifed defnition for it, an issue made more complex in the
transfer of humour to audiovisual works and their translations as well as
their ongoing changes in technology. Dore brings together relevant the-
ories from both translation studies and humour studies towards advanc-
ing research in both disciplines. Each chapter explores a key dimension
of humour as it unfolds in AVT, offering brief theoretical discussions
of wordplay, culture-specifc references and multilingualism in revoicing
and captioning in AVT as applied to case studies from Modern Family.
A dedicated chapter to audio description, which allows the visually im-
paired or blind to assess a flm’s non-verbal content, using examples
from the 2017 flm the Big Sick, outlines existing research to date on
this under-explored line of research and opens avenues for future study
within the AVT of humour. This book is key reading for students and
scholars in translation studies and humour studies.
Margherita Dore is Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of European,
American and Intercultural Studies at Sapienza University of Rome,
Italy.
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Theories and Applications
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Humour in Audiovisual
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Theories and Applications
Margherita Dore
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Contents
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiii
List of Acronyms xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction 1
The Scope of This Book and Its Structure 6
PART I
Theories 11
1 Humour Studies and Humour Translation 13
1.1 Introduction 13
1.2 Defning Humour and Its Markers 14
1.3 Theories of Humour 17
1.4 Script-Based Theories 21
1.4.1 SSTH and GTVH 21
1.4.2 The Application of the GTVH and
Some Criticism 27
1.5 Conversational Humour 30
1.5.1 Function(s) of Humour in Conversation 31
1.6 Humour in Comedy 33
1.7 On Humour (Un)Translatability 39
1.8 Summing Up 42
2 Audiovisual Translation and Humour 53
2.1 Introduction 53
2.2 AVT – Reasons and Rationale 54
2.3 Some Theoretical Considerations Regarding AVT 60
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2.4 Modes of Audiovisual Translation 65
2.4.1 Revoicing 65
2.4.2 Captioning 74
2.5 AVT in Italy 81
2.6 The AVT of Humour 86
2.6.1 Priorities and Strategies in the
AVT of Humour 88
2.7 Summing Up 92
PART II
Applications 103
3 Humorous Puns in Translation 105
3.1 Introduction 105
3.2 Defning (Humorous) Puns 106
3.2.1 Puns Based on Fixed Expressions and Idioms 110
3.2.2 Puns Based on Verbal and Non-Verbal Text 113
3.3 Punning and Translation 114
3.3.1 A Taxonomy for the AVT of Humorous Puns 118
3.4 Data and Methodology 119
3.4.1 Modern Family 120
3.4.2 Methodology 122
3.5 Data Analysis 127
3.5.1 Punning in Dubbing 130
3.5.2 Punning in Captioning 138
3.5.3 FEI-Based Puns in Dubbing 144
3.5.4 FEI-Based Puns in Captioning 151
3.5.5 Puns Based on Verbal and Non-Verbal Text in
Dubbing and Captioning 157
3.6 Findings and Conclusions 164
4 Humorous Culture-Specifc References 174
4.1 Introduction 174
4.2 Defning CSRs 175
4.3 Types and Sources of CSRs 177
4.4 Function(s) of Humorous CSRs 183
4.5 Translating (Humorous) CSRs 184
4.6 Data Analysis 191
4.6.1 Dubbing Humorous CSRs 194
4.6.2 Captioning Humorous CSRs 208
4.7 Findings and Conclusions 221
Contents ix
5 Multilingual Humour in AVT 227
5.1 Introduction 227
5.2 Multilingualism in AVT 228
5.3 Translating Multilingual Humour 232
5.4 Data Analysis 234
5.4.1 Dubbing Multilingual Humour 236
5.4.2 Captioning Multilingual Humour 245
5.5 Findings and Conclusions 253
6 The Audio Description of Humour 259
6.1 Introduction 259
6.2 Audio Description 260
6.3 Humour in Audio Description 264
6.4 Data Analysis 267
6.5 Findings and Conclusions 276
Conclusions 281
Index 289