Translating Humor. What is Humor? It is what causes amusement and a spontaneous smile and laugh.

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Translating Humor

What is Humor? It is what causes amusement and a spontaneous smile and laugh.

Examples Doctor, doctor! I keep thinking I’m a ten pound note! Well, go shopping, you need the change.

دكتور دكتور ! يراودني شعور بأنني عشرة دنانير إذن تسوق، فأنت بحاجة إلى تصريف

دكتور دكتور ! أظن اني عشرة جنيه إنزلي السوق. انت محتاجة تفكي عن نفسك

How many Puerto-Ricans does it take to bury a Puerto-Rican? Five. Four to carry the coffin and one to carry the transistor.

كم صعيدي يلزم لدفن صعيدي؟ خمسة. أربعة يشيلوا التابوت وواحد يشيل النبوت

Did you hear about the Irish who took a ruler to bed so he could tell how long he had slept?

هل سمعت عن الإيرلندي الذي أخذ مسطرة إلى سريره ليقيس كم استغرق في نومه؟

مرة واحد حب يقيس طول نومته نام ومعاه مسطرة

How well does humor travel across languages? And what barriers does it face?

Barriers Linguistic (wordplay) Cultural references

How to Translate Jokes? 1. Translate it literally and provide footnotes and endnotes. What is the problem with this method?

Explaining a joke kills it

How to Translate Jokes? (cont.) 2. Target-culture based translation

Assignment Choose an excerpt from a humorous book or short story that has been translated from English into Arabic to share with class. Reflect on whether humor has been transferred into Arabic and how?