The Translation of Humor in Animated Feature Film: The Case of Kung Fu Panda

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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_131How to use a DOI?

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humor translation; animation translation; audiovisual translation; translation strategy; translation assessment

Abstract

This article examines how humor in animated feature films can be translated between two languages and cultures that see huge differences between each other. This article adopted Kungfu Panda (2008) for case study and analyzed 11 video clips which reflected the translator’s negotiation of the linguistic and cultural humor that appeared in the source text. Conclusions were drawn on the translation strategies used by the Chinese translators in the translation of humor and the different humor features that more frequently appeared in the English and Chinese languages to create a humorous effect.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yanning Gan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/02/13
TI  - The Translation of Humor in Animated Feature Film: The Case of Kung Fu Panda
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1029
EP  - 1037
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_131
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_131
ID  - Gan2023
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