Comments on: The Hardest Things to Translate http://spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us/the-hardest-things-to-translate-2008-09-19.html Resources related to Spanish Translation Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:32:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: don't confuse the narrator http://spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us/the-hardest-things-to-translate-2008-09-19.html/comment-page-1#comment-77 don't confuse the narrator Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:10:02 +0000 http://spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us/?p=48#comment-77 Q: “¿Te enteraste de ese chico al que le cortaron todo el lado izquierdo?” A: "¡No hay derecho!" You're right, of course: it's not the same joke. Q: “¿Te enteraste de ese chico al que le cortaron todo el lado izquierdo?”
A: “¡No hay derecho!”

You’re right, of course: it’s not the same joke.

]]> By: don't confuse the narrator http://spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us/the-hardest-things-to-translate-2008-09-19.html/comment-page-1#comment-1683 don't confuse the narrator Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:10:00 +0000 http://spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us/?p=48#comment-1683 Q: “¿Te enteraste de ese chico al que le cortaron todo el lado izquierdo?” A: "¡No hay derecho!" You're right, of course: it's not the same joke. Q: “¿Te enteraste de ese chico al que le cortaron todo el lado izquierdo?”
A: “¡No hay derecho!”

You’re right, of course: it’s not the same joke.

]]> By: How to Translate a Joke http://spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us/the-hardest-things-to-translate-2008-09-19.html/comment-page-1#comment-59 How to Translate a Joke Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:32:28 +0000 http://spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us/?p=48#comment-59 [...] After being in France for couple of years, I was at a point where I could actually “get” most French jokes. Also, I was already familiar with my boyfriend’s humor since he had explained his own jokes to me before. But something happened when I translated them for my American family. They made absolutely no sense at all. That’s how I learned that jokes are the hardest thing to translate! [...] [...] After being in France for couple of years, I was at a point where I could actually “get” most French jokes. Also, I was already familiar with my boyfriend’s humor since he had explained his own jokes to me before. But something happened when I translated them for my American family. They made absolutely no sense at all. That’s how I learned that jokes are the hardest thing to translate! [...]

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