The Challenges Of Translating Humor From Arabic Into English

This is a perfect example that displays how certain jokes can miss us if you do not understand the context behind it. The humor in jokes can depend on the environment you are in, the people you are with, and your own mood and I feel like this especially pertains to me. For example, if someone is making a racist joke that is inappropriate in the setting you are in, then the humor that was supposed to be with it can be decreased due to the surroundings. In addition, if I am in a miserable mood and do not want to be joked around with, nothing will seem humorous to me, but will instead frustrate me

The focus of this paper is an analysis of the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas using concepts from the Lives Across Cultures textbook. Ten concepts are identified and defined from Chapter readings. Following definitions, examples from the novel of these concepts are shown.

The comedic technique, Satire, is used in humour to criticise and trigger thoughts about today’s society, groups and issues. ‘Knights and Dames’ created by Satirist, Leahy, is a satirical cartoon that attempts to address issues and provoke thoughts about today’s political issues such as individuality and national identity. Hyperbole, situational irony and caricature are three of the satirical techniques used in this cartoon. This essay will aim to analyse the language features and satirical cartoons.

‘Funny in Farsi”, written by Firoozeh Dumas, is a memoir in response to events that the author experienced in terms of her culture. The author experienced racism after the September 11th attacks that led her to want to shame humorous aspects of her culture with others. The author writes about a childhood experience, in this case starting school in a new country in order to inform the audience of her struggles the aspect of culture that is primarily explored is her language barrier. The author uses setting and language to convey the her message.

The translation of Allusive expression should take into account the cultural barrier between the source culture and the target text when translating from English to Arabic. putting this into account, I believe that 'guidance'-one of Ritva Leppihahalm's(1997), suggested strategies for translating allusions- is the best strategy for translating unfamiliar allusions.

Humorists are present through multiple mediums such as talk shows, blog columns, and political cartoons. The different platforms humorists’ use lends different purposes for their content. For example, political cartoon artists have the creative liberty to create offensive content on certain political issues. The political cartoons

Humor has become manifested into nearly all aspects of the secular world. Whether it be in comics, writings, or television, some form of comedy is sure to be seen on a regular basis. It seems the world today depends on a good laugh every now and then, and Alain de Botton argued the purpose of this in his book Status Anxiety. He concluded that humorists are more than just a form of entertainment; They "convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly". These men and women are granted some degree of leeway to speak freely and candidly on ultimately any subject for the preservation of societal stability. Their representation of public sentiment results in the people feeling as if what they long to say is finally being heard on a larger platform. Humorists serve the vital role of being a true reflection of public opinion; however, they are not immune to

The purpose of this research is to discover which of the four strategies suggested by Baker (1992), used in translating idioms and idiomatic expressions from English into Persian in a Novel titled “Kite Runner”. This chapter deals with methodology, which is the materials chosen for the analysis, the instrumentation, the procedures adopted to collect data, design of the study and data analysis.

In the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, there are five concepts from our textbook, Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development by Harry W. Gardiner and Corrine Kosmitzki. Three of the concepts are components of Firoozeh Dumas’ developmental niche such as the psychology of her caretakers, the customs of her child care, and the social settings of her daily life growing up. The other two concepts are individualism and ethnocentrism.

War is portrayed as something emotional that every living being goes through in their lifetime. Most of the people experience.

Unless the writer is very aware of how to create tone in their messages the reader may not catch on to the joke, and a conflict will quickly arise.

Alain de Botton argues the purpose of humorists is to give messages to society of dangerous and impossible actions without possibility of consequence. Many humorists speak about many controversial topics as entertainment. Given the right to deliver impunity messages, humorists are allowed to indirectly give society awareness on outcomes or issues on current events, because society thinks they are joking and only to entertain . Subjects mentioned by humorists are not considered topics one would speak in a casual conversation, because one would be open to scrutiny if one appears to be offending another.

Translators are literary ambassadors, bringing a foreign work to the audience of the target language. Since the beginning of the semester, I have started to translate a novel called Alasfuriah, literally means “bird’s nest.” The title is used metaphorically

Humour and satire are two concepts that are both wide ranging and diverse, from dark, to light hearted, with each producing a different effect. Humour in the main, is something that is used to please the audience, its function is to invoke laughter amongst its audience. Satire is used to create a comical critical view of the subject at hand, this can range from a light hearted comical way, to a judgemental way, with each style giving the text a different meaning, however this does not mean that satire cannot be humorous, which can evident in the use of parody and irony within texts. Within literature both concepts play an important role to how the text is viewed, humour can include word play, grammatical jokes, to even inside jokes with the author and reader, and with satire, including that of irony and parody, with each style and type delivering humour in its own unique way. These differing styles of humour can be found in a variety of forms including Jasper Forde’s The Eyre Affair (2001), with its silly atmosphere, word play and grammar jokes, and the use of light hearted satire and parody to brighten up the text, and Julian Barnes A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (1989), where there is a more serious atmosphere, with a more critical, satirical eye on history and characters, as well as using irony to achieve its comical effect, and the position of the world. Each text is humorous and satirical in its own right, and with each author using different techniques to

Difficulties and problems faced the English language, English to Arabic and vice versa. The study aims to bring out the difficulties that students in the translation from faced the students in general and students of the University of Tabuk, and what is the extent of the impact on the students in terms of improving the translation, in addition, to see reasons for this case and Why some educated will be falling down into error when translating anything Also, will talk about the proposals to improve the situation in the translation process. To achieve the objective of this study, there will be an interview with 50 students from the English Tabuk University who face Difficulty in translating and also test for those students to assess the difficulties that face in the translation and how to improve their performance.