As linguistic phenomena that showcase the richness and complexity of human language,
puns pose significant challenges to natural language processing (NLP) systems. The …

Wordplay causes tremendous difficulties for translators and so is a widely studied
phenomenon in the field of translation studies. Despite this, and despite the trend in recent …

This collection reflects on the state of the art of research into the use of translation
technologies in the translation of creative texts, encompassing literary texts but also …

Even though the ability to create witty puns seems to be an inherent skill of humankind, an
apt explanation of their linguistic nature has evaded many academic descriptions. This …

The translation of wordplay is one of the most extensively researched problems in
translation studies, but it has attracted little attention in the fields of natural language …

This thesis constitutes an experimental, receptor-oriented study which investigates the
reception of two different strategies for subtitling English wordplay into German. Two …

Introduction Metaphor is more than understanding and expressing an abstract concept in
terms of a concrete one. Pre-linguistically, it is the conceptual creativity that resides in the …

The translation of the pun is one of the most challenging issues for translators and
interpreters. Sometimes, puns, especially those containing realia, are considered to be …

In this article I study the nature of wordplay, especially the pun, in relation to translation. The
pun manipulates sounds and meanings with the intent of being witty; it takes us by surprise …

Humour transfer on screen responds to the inner constraints of audiovisual translation.
Audiovisual humour imposes further challenges to translators because of its polysemiotic …