Translating sarcastic political tweets for radio broadcast : challenges and strategies

• Main Author: Goh, Joo Leng
• Other Authors: Arista Kuo
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Humanities::Language
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78878
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The increasing use of sarcasm in political rhetoric, particularly in social media, has brought about challenges for radio journalists who need to translate these text for audio delivery. While there is a need to develop knowledge in the translation of sarcastic and social media text, news translatio...