Interesting Article on ‘Translating the Comedy of Stephen Chow’

From volume 48 (2024) of the Journal of "Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice" - The article "When Local Goes Global: English Subtitles of Two Comedy Films by Stephen Chow" by Issac Ting-yan HUI.

LINK: https://scholars.ln.edu.hk/en/publications/when-local-goes-global-english-subtitles-of-two-comedy-films-by-s

This article explores how a lot of Stephen Chow's comedy is very culturally specific and hard to translate. Therefore, translators must find a balance between literally translating (faithful) the material and adapting it (functional).