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Unleashing Humor: Crossing Cultural Bounds | Tips for Interpreters

Explore the challenges of humor interpreting across different cultures, with examples and strategies for effective communication. Understand wordplay, cultural references, and the keys to being a successful interpreter of humor.

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Unleashing Humor: Crossing Cultural Bounds | Tips for Interpreters

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  1. Cross-cultural CommunicationFocus: Humor Interpreting Cecilia He

  2. Contents • Difficulties of humor interpreting • What makes a good interpreter of humor? • Warm-up • Give it a go!

  3. Difficulties of humor interpreting • Cultural references • traditions-泼水节，Feast of the sacrifice • religions-佛教, Christianity • history-三国鼎立，the War of Roses • literature-红楼梦，Emma • food-回锅肉，lava chocolat • arts-齐白石，Van Gogh • language-一石二鸟，one stone, two birds • lifestyle-天道酬勤，laid-back

  4. Difficulties of humor interpreting Wordplay (e.g. puns) -- I would like a book, please. -- Something light? -- It doesn’t matter. I have my car with me. -- Is this my train?-- No, sir. It belongs to our company.-- Don’t be silly. Can I take this train to Toronto? -- No, sir. It’s much too heavy.

  5. What makes a good interpreter of humor? Be humorous; No word for word interpretation; Resist the temptation of pursuing perfect fidelity, but try to find a joke that rings some of the same bells as the original; Avoid over-explanation of Culture-bound humor.

  6. Warm-up • War does not determine who is right – only who is left. • The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list. • The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

  7. Give it a go! A funny speech of Joe Wong, who is called a Chinese man with American humor, at the Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner.

  8. THANK YOU!!!

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