NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGLISH Hanoi, April 2023 NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGLISH Supervisor: M. Le Thu Huong Hanoi, April 2023 Nguyễn Thanh Tú — 11195556 — Business English 61A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Throughout the process of writing this graduation thesis, I've run across lexical issues as well as difficulties in expression. However, with the guidance, encouragement, and support of my supervisor, family, and friends, I was able to overcome these obstacles. Firstly, I want to express my gratitude to my supervisor, MA.
Le Thu Huong has supported me not only with many important recommendations and comments but also with many valuable materials. Without her helpful guidance, I would not be able to complete this important paper. Secondly, thanks to my friends and teammates, for their advice and encouragement during my writing process because they are faithfully willing to answer my questions and provide me with useful information to complete this thesis. Last but not least, I would like to express my gratefulness to my parents who always support and create good conditions for me to attentively complete this graduation paper.
Nguyễn Thanh Tú — 11195556 — Business English 61A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Because of the linguistic and cultural barriers between the two languages, humor is a translation problem that is both interesting and challenging for a translator. A successful humor translation can not only convey a message but also evoke laughter in the audience. Humor is a difficult element to translate, but it is quite common in movie subtitles, particularly in comedies. The study comments on the tendency of Business English fourth-year students at National Economics University to translate humorous elements and the factors influencing their decision based on specific research on humor in 10 episodes selected from the series "How I met your mother." The research results were analyzed based on the questionnaire responses of 100 final-year students of the Business English Department from National Economics University.
Data analysis provides research findings for the three factors listed below. Popular humor categories. All five types of humor are used in the series “How I met your mother” but with different frequencies. Humor translation strategy application.
The student’s choice of translation method varies according to the type of humor and the complexity of the language. Factors influencing humor translation choice. Each translation method has different groups of influencing factors with varying degrees of influence. Nguyễn Thanh Tú — 11195556 — Business English 61A LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations Meaning NEU National Economics University BE Business English SL source language TL target language HT Humor translation HIMYM How I met your mother 1 Nguyễn Thanh Tú — 11195556 — Business English 61A LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.
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Factors that influence the choice of HT strategies. - -- 9 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS. Popular types of humor in 10 selected episodes of the series H002.