Daunting challenges for the translator: humour, cultural references, wordplay, and onomatopoeia in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
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https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2014.v0i18.3248Keywords:
traslation of children’s literature, humour, cultural references, wordplays, onomatopoeiasAbstract
This article takes a critical look at writer Roald Dahl and his work, taking as its basis one of his less scrutinized books, Charlie and the great glass elevator. It examines the type of reader to whom his books are addressed, and his type of humour which is one of the central elements on which his literary output turns. Finally it focuses on cultural references, wordplays and onomatopoeias, by comparing the original text with the Spanish translation by Veronica Head in order to identify and analyze the various translation strategies used.Downloads
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