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Publication details [#1381]

Delabastita, Dirk. 1994. Focus on the pun: wordplay as a special problem in Translation Studies. Target 6 (2) : 223–243.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

problem-solving=problem | translatability=untranslatability | Translation Studies | word play=wordplay=pun

Person as a subject

Shakespeare, William

Edition info

Review article.

Journal DOI

10.1075/target

Abstract

This article focuses on wordplay as a special problem in Translation Studies. First, the author gives an overview of wordplay and ambiguity in translation. Then, he goes beyond the dogma of untranslatability. The author further examines Shakespeare’s puns abroad, before discussing the styles of scholarship.

Source : Based on abstract in journal