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ON THE (UN)TRANSLATABILITY OF JOKES.

This article is an empirical study of the translatability of Polish jokes into English. The sample analysed consists of nine jokes, each of which belongs to one of the categories set up by Zabalbeascoa (1996: 235-257). The translatability of the jokes is discussed according to three approaches to tr...

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Published in:Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 176 - 194
Main Author: Ptaszyński, Mtarcin
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2004
Subjects:
Literature translations
Translating & interpreting
Translations
Language & languages in literature
Language & languages
Theory of knowledge
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