Title Difficulties of translating humour : from English into Spanish using the subtitled British comedy sketch show "Little Britain" as a case study / Charles Harrison.

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Hamburg : Anchor Academic Pub., 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (45 pages)
Note	Original title of the thesis: What are the difficulties of translating humour from English into Spanish using the subtitled British comedy sketch show "Little Britain" as a case study?
	Cover title.
Thesis	Diploma thesis--University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Great Britain, March 2013.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Difficulties of translating humour: From English into Spanish using the subtitled British comedy sketch show ""Little Britain"" as a case study; Table of Contents; Abstract; Introduction; Chapter 1: Humour and Subtitling; 1.1 What is Humour?; 1.2 Overview of Theories of Humour; 1.2.1 The Humour of Little Britain; 1.2.1.1 The Schema Theory; 1.3 Spanish Humour; 1.4 What is Subtitling?; 1.4.1 Limitations and Constraints of Subtitling Humour; Chapter 2: Humour, Translation and Culture; 2.1 Translating Humour; 2.1.1 The Target Parameter (TA); 2.1.1.1 Stereotypes.
	2.1.2 The Language Parameter (LA) -- Intertextual Features2.1.2.1 Verbal Allusion; 2.1.2.2 Verbal Irony; 2.2 Translating Culture Linked to Humour; 2.2.1 Translation Loss; 2.2.2 Cultural Transposition; 2.2.2.1 Exoticism; 2.2.2.2 Cultural Transplantation; 2.2.2.3 Communicative Translation; 2.3 Audiovisual Aspects of Translating Humour; Chapter 3: Case Study of ""Little Britain""; 3.1 The Deleted Scenes; 3.2 Misinterpretations -- Translation Loss; 3.3 Intertextuality Issues; 3.3.1 Verbal Allusion; 3.3.2 Verbal Irony; 3.4 Cultural Issues; 3.4.1 Exoticism; 3.4.2 Cultural Transplantation.
	3.4.3 Communicative Translation3.4.4 Stereotypes; 3.5 Visual Humour Issues; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix; Acknowledgements.
Summary	Hauptbeschreibung Humour is a complex concept which tends to build on the ambiguity of language. When converting a humoristic program into a different language, the translator thus faces many challenges. One of these is the translation of cultural aspects of the TL (target language). Since every culture contains its unique form of humour, understanding the humour within a culture and all its cultural elements is essential to producing an adequate translation. The study at hand focuses on the translation of the British comedy-sketch show Little Britain analyzing how it has been c.
Subject	Little Britain (Television program)
	Little Britain (Television program) (OCoLC)fst01402544
	Television comedies.
	Translating and interpreting.
	English language -- Translating into Spanish.
	Wit and humor -- Translating.
	LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
	English language -- Translating into Spanish. (OCoLC)fst00911909
	Television comedies. (OCoLC)fst01146832
	Translating and interpreting. (OCoLC)fst01154795
Other Form:	Print version: Harrison, Charles. Difficulties of translating humour: From English into Spanish using the subtitled British comedy sketch show ""Little Britain"" as a case study. Hamburg : Diplomica Verlag, ©2012
ISBN	9783954895281 (electronic bk.)
	3954895285 (electronic bk.)

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