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Publication details [#4839]

Espasa Borràs, Eva. 1995. Humour in translation: Joe Orton's The ruffian on the Stair and its Catalan and Valencian versions. In Jansen, Peter, ed. Translation and the manipulation of discourse (Publications of the CERA Chair for Translation, Communication and Cultures 3). Leuven: CETRA (The Leuven Research Center for Translation, Communication and Cultures). pp. 39–53.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

descriptive approach | humour=humor=joke | theatre | translatability=untranslatability

Source language

English

Target language

Catalan | Valencian

Person as a subject

Orton, Joe

Title as subject

The ruffian on the Stair

Abstract

This paper focuses on humour in theatre translation. The author replaces the theoretical question of translatability by a more pragmatic descriptive approach, which involves giving some background information on the complicated linguistic and political situation in Catalonia and Valencia.

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