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Target
Vol. 13:1 (2001) ► pp. 29–44

«Si sérieux s’abstenir»

Le discours sur l’humour traduit

| K.U. Leuven and VLEKHO-Brussels

Malgré le succès récent des Humour Studies et de la traductologie, la traduction de l’humour ne suscite pas souvent l’intérêt des chercheurs. La plupart des contributions traitent de la soi-disante « (in)traduisibilité », qui se situerait aux niveaux « culturel » et « langagier ». Bien qu’en général les pensées soient empiriquement peu fondées et théoriquement déficientes, elles nous procurent une image plus concrète de ces difficultés de traduction culturelles et linguistiques. Pourtant, la « cartographie culturelle » a tout intérêt à prendre l’humour traduit encore plus au sérieux: son absence ou présence et ses modalités se laissent lire comme des signes incontestables de frontières communautaires. La bibliographie élargie qu’offre cet article pourrait servir de point de départ d’une discussion plus articulée qui incorpore les résultats récents aussi bien des Humour Studies que de la traductologie.

Article outline
  • La traduction impossible?
  • « Culture »
  • « Langue »
  • Paradigmes
  • Notes
  • Œuvres citées
  • Bibliographie (status quaestionis)

Article language: French

Published online: 27 May 2002
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.13.1.03van
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