Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Help with dissertation please!
Poster: Alistair Gainey
Post title: A few thoughts
How good a comic writer are you? I would be wary of what you're getting into as regards any actual translation you might have to do -especially if you pick something that's already been translated. Because then the jokes will fall into two categories: ones so hard to translate that professionals haven't managed to, and ones that professionals have translated, but you need to come up with a solution as good or better. And the best comedies have a lot of funny lines -not just the ones everyone remembers, but dozens in each episode -three or four a minute according to this site: [url removed]
Topic: Help with dissertation please!
Poster: Alistair Gainey
Post title: A few thoughts
How good a comic writer are you? I would be wary of what you're getting into as regards any actual translation you might have to do -especially if you pick something that's already been translated. Because then the jokes will fall into two categories: ones so hard to translate that professionals haven't managed to, and ones that professionals have translated, but you need to come up with a solution as good or better. And the best comedies have a lot of funny lines -not just the ones everyone remembers, but dozens in each episode -three or four a minute according to this site: [url removed]