How Long to Read There's a Double Tongue

How Long Does it Take to Read There's a Double Tongue?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 12 minutes to read There's a Double Tongue by Dirk Delabastita

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The pun is as old as Babel, and inveterate punsters like Shakespeare clearly never lacked translators. This book critically examines the evergreen cliché that wordplay defies translation, replacing it by a theory and a case study that aim to come to grips with the reality of wordplay and its translation. What are the possible modes of wordplay translation? What are the various, sometimes conflicting constraints prompting translators in certain situations to go for one strategy rather than another? Ample illustration is provided from Hamlet and other Shakespearean texts and several Dutch, French, and German renderings. The study exemplifies how theory can usefully be integrated into a description-oriented approach to translation. Much of the argument also rests on the definition of wordplay as an open-ended and historically variable category. The book's concerns range from the linguistic and textual properties of Shakespeare's punning and its translation to matters of historical poetics and ideology. Its straightforward approach shows that discourse about wordplay doesn't need to rely on stylistic bravura or abstract speculation. The book is concluded by an anthology of the puns in Hamlet, including a brief semantic analysis of each and a generous selection of diverse translations.

How long is There's a Double Tongue?

There's a Double Tongue by Dirk Delabastita is 544 pages long, and a total of 138,176 words.

This makes it 184% the length of the average book. It also has 169% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read There's a Double Tongue Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 35 minutes to read There's a Double Tongue aloud.

What Reading Level is There's a Double Tongue?

There's a Double Tongue is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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