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14270406 No.14270406 [Reply] [Original]

As a translator how do you translate puns?

I came to realaztion that this may be the only limitation on translation

>> No.14270583
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For example " I hope my death makes more cents than my life "

how can one translate it in Spanish , Japanese , chinese or any other language.

>> No.14270730

unironically watch yuru yuri. if it's important and you can't get it good enough, translate literally and add a translators note.

>>14270583
>j'espere que ma mort vaut plus des centimentes que ma vie

>> No.14271423

>>14270730
That's unironically the best solution

>> No.14271437

>>14270583
>Ik hoop dat mijn dood als logischer geld dan mijn leven

>> No.14271708

>>14271437
I know it Dutch but I don't get the pun I know some German .

>> No.14271719

>>14270730
I refuse to watch anime

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>>14270406
I am not a translator, but i would assume it's ok to rephrase it in a way that makes sense and delivers a similar message.

>> No.14271799

half page footnotes explaining the word with the double meaning and the cultural significance of each of the meanings.

>> No.14271804

>>14270583
what’s the pun here?

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>>14271804
He used the word "cents" when he should of have used "sense" implying that his life have no meaning cause he have no monetary value.

"Cents" & "sense" sound similar .

>> No.14271926

>>14270406
Literally almost all humour/puns/witty remarks of life are universal and therefore have relevant saying or idiom in another language. No that hard nigger

>> No.14272138

>>14271719
>t. brainlet

>> No.14272153

>>14270406
Make a different joke instead. Not ideal but this is what manga translators do when trying to translate kanji puns. Some things just don't translate.

>> No.14272161

>>14271926
You must speak only one language.

>> No.14272234

>>14271926
No, I speak six languages and major in psychology, my american friend.