Description:
This volume seeks to investigate how humour translation has developed over the last twenty years, focusing in particular on new ways of communication. Accessible and engaging, this is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in Translation Studies and Humour Studies.
Review Quotes:
"Humour Translation in the Age of Multimedia offers an all-round vision of one of the most intriguing topics in Translation Studies: the translation of humour. A thorough collection of complementary and rigorous articles, written by leading and eminent scholars, this ambitiously wide-ranging volume draws on various disciplines and opens new fascinating research avenues that demonstrate how humour lives on in ever new formats for ever new audiences in the age of digital transformation."
Frederic Chaume, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
"A timely volume that examines the rich and complex constellation of issues surrounding various forms of multimodal translation in our increasingly interconnected, digital and global landscape."
Salvatore Attardo, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA
"an inspiring book in focusing on the intersections of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Media Studies. As such, it does credit to Routledge's interdisciplinary perspective. Used as a wide-ranging textbook and an up-to-date research study, it will be treasured by students and researchers alike. Besides, the reader will find it particularly rewarding to navigate through the concise index of people, concepts/subjects/theories, and source texts"
Vicky Manteli, The European Journal of Humour Research