The Simpsons/Los Simpson

Lorenzo, Lourdes; Pereira, Ana; Xoubanova, María

doi:10.1080/13556509.2003.10799157

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“…e.g., Henry, 1994, p. 87;Cantor, 1999, p. 735;Pinsky, 2007, p. 226). In this context, Lorenzo et al (2003) provide an example from The Simpsons, where humour is based on the drinking addiction of Russia's ex-president Boris Yeltsin, arguing that the reference will need to change in the futureyounger audience will lack this background knowledge, and reference will become outdated. While Biblical and mythological allusions may be more universal (hence less problematic for a translator), some are more culturally-bound and less known to TL audience (Leppihalme, 1992, pp.…”

Section: Figure 2 Intersecting Channels That Create Allusions On Screenmentioning

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Humor and allusions on screen

Pilyarchuk

2023

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Contemporary texts often require a reader or viewer with vast background knowledge. One of the reasons behind this is intertextuality: every text is reliant, to a certain extent, on previous written, filmed, or painted artifacts. Conveying intertextuality by means of another language implies that a translator recognizes allusions and their function, analyses their recognizability in the target culture, and offers a solution that maintains their pragmatic effect. In the case of a multimodal product like an animated cartoon, the translator is also tasked with bringing the verbal channel to conformity with the non-verbal one. This article focuses on translation strategies of allusions to examine whether the distance between the original and target language plays a crucial role in conveying allusive humour. The research corpus is complete Season 5 of The Simpsons animated sitcom and its three translations: German, Ukrainian, and Russian. Selected scenes are discussed in light of the General Theory of Verbal Humour (Attardo, et al. 2002) and strategies for translating allusions (Leppihalme, 1992). The findings suggest that the distance between languages is not a key factor when searching for effective translation solutions, and that it is a translator’s competence that plays a major role in humour translation.

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Section: Figure 2 Intersecting Channels That Create Allusions On Screenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Humor and allusions on screen

Pilyarchuk

2023

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“…Diferentes autores se han ocupado de analizar en la serie cuestiones de género (Analuisa, 2015;Reig y Mancinas, 2010;Chacón y Sánchez-Ruiz, 2009, Henry, 2007Feltmate y Brackett, 2014), las claves de su éxito (Marta-Lazo y Tovar, 2011; Gray, 2006), las técnicas utilizadas para traducir su humor (Lorenzo;Pereira y Xaobanova, 2003), su relación con las ciencias económicas (Chu, 2014; Lucassen y Thomas, 2010) y otros aspectos relacionados con la psicología y la espiritualidad (Feltmate, 2013;Eaton y Uskul, 2004;Pinsky, 2001), aunque las líneas de todos ellos difieren de los objetivos marcados en el presente estudio.…”

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