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The translation of jokes and puns from English to Arabic

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dc.contributor.author Yazbeck, Rita
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-11T10:30:22Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-11T10:30:22Z
dc.date.issued 2022-11-08
dc.identifier.citation Yazbeck, R. (2022). The translation of jokes and puns from English to Arabic (Master's thesis, Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon). Retrieved from http://ir.ndu.edu.lb/123456789/1633 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.ndu.edu.lb/123456789/1633
dc.description M.A. -- Faculty of Humanities, Notre Dame University, Louaize, 2022; "A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Translation and Interpretation."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-90); Some text in English and Arabic. en_US
dc.description.abstract This thesis will discuss the difficulties related to the translation of jokes from English to Arabic, the cultural elements of the two languages, and how translators translate jokes from English into Arabic. I will also discuss the cultural aspects, with a study on translation theory. It also talks about literary translation, the translation of English jokes into Arabic, epic translation fails, and the Arabic culture. Moreover, this thesis explains the challenges of translating jokes, the cultural aspects of translating jokes, the cultural component of joke translation, and the difficulty of translating jokes from English to Arabic, with a special highlight on humor. en_US
dc.format.extent 90 pages
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Notre Dame University-Louaize en_US
dc.rights Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/ *
dc.subject.lcsh Jokes
dc.subject.lcsh Translating and interpreting
dc.title The translation of jokes and puns from English to Arabic en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.rights.license This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States License. (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US)
dc.contributor.supervisor Nassar, Reine, Ph.D. en_US
dc.contributor.department Notre Dame University-Louaize. Department of English, Translation, and Education en_US


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