Reframing humor in TV news translation

Autor: Claire I. Tsai
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Perspectives. 23:615-633
ISSN: 1747-6623
0907-676X
DOI: 10.1080/0907676x.2015.1043923
Popis: The increasing entertainment-oriented tendency of the news engages audiences’ emotions more readily. This trend has triggered my interest in studying the humorous aspects of international news on TV and how different varieties of humor in the TV newsroom are represented and mediated by news translators. The issue of humor in TV news, particularly in relation to its translation and translator mediation, has rarely been addressed in the literature. Because TV news translators are increasingly playing the role of journalists, it is imperative to produce interdisciplinary research on this topic. This paper draws on the news frame theory to examine the mediating role of TV news translators in working with humorous elements. The paper argues that TV news translation is a process in which news stories that have been framed by previous news workers are reframed. The paper explores the implications of different forms of humor for TV news translation strategies and seeks to optimize translation and communication ef...
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