Wednesday, 24 July 2024
9.00 pm - 10.30 pm NZST (7.00 pm - 8.30 pm AEST)
Online via Zoom
NZSTI Members $30.00 AUD | Non-members $90.00 AUD
Swearing varies enormously from language to language, presenting unique challenges for translators. Taboo words that express extreme emotions in one language may indicate nothing more than mild impatience in another. Additionally, exotic combinations of scatology and theology may have a medieval tone in one language while being an essential part of 21st-century street slang in another.
This webinar will address the specific challenges involved in translating swearwords, highlighting the need to consider issues such as the mismatch of literal and pragmatic meaning, cultural differences between source and target languages, questions of register, tone, and voice, as well as the continuum between translation and localisation.
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