Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother

Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother

Similes are present in all kinds of verbal communication as they can exemplify difficult concepts by comparing them to more familiar ones, create unique imagery by combining two unexpected topics or help a person express their thoughts more accurately. However, they can be problematic to translate,...

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Main Author: Heikkinen, Emma
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation 2018
Subjects:
similes
audiovisual translation
subtitles
sitcom
Specific Languages
Studier av enskilda språk
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audiovisual translation
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Specific Languages
Studier av enskilda språk
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audiovisual translation
subtitles
sitcom
Specific Languages
Studier av enskilda språk
Heikkinen, Emma
Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother
description Similes are present in all kinds of verbal communication as they can exemplify difficult concepts by comparing them to more familiar ones, create unique imagery by combining two unexpected topics or help a person express their thoughts more accurately. However, they can be problematic to translate, especially in subtitles, where both time and space are limited. This study reveals what kinds of strategies Swedish and Finnish translators use when they translate various types of similes in the subtitles of the American sitcom How I Met your Mother and compares the preferences between the two target languages. The results show the most frequent approach is to translate word-for-word, while a wide range of alternative translations also exists in spite of the differences between the two target texts. === <p>Författarens ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-9210</p>
author Heikkinen, Emma
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title Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother
title_short Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother
title_full Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother
title_fullStr Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother
title_full_unstemmed Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother
title_sort translating similes into swedish and finnish in the subtitles of how i met your mother
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