chosen to leave it out is that this determiner is not very important in TT and does not affect the meaning of the instance. In addition, the joke ends with the idiomatic expression “she's not easy”. The phrase refers to a someone who is easily seduced and sexually promiscuous. The humorous effect of the joke arises from a parody of Snow White as a woman of easy virtue who lives with seven other men but still is hard to get. In order to retain wittiness of the phrase, the translator uses a metaphor “apvynioti apie pirštą”. This idiomatic expression is used to describe a naive person who can be easily seduced or deceived. Consequently, the Lithuanian equivalent renders the joke and even strengthens its comic effect.
Context: Shrek, Fiona and Donkey are running from the Dragon. Donkey and Fiona meet for the first time.
ST
TT
Donkey: Hi, Princess!
Fiona: It talks!
Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick.
Asilas: Labas, Princese!
Fiona: Jis kalba!
Šrekas: Taip, būtų stebuklas, jeigu jis užsičiauptų.
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The translator made grammatical, syntactic and semantic changes due to the different structure of languages. Firstly, the word “trick” is translated with “stebuklas”. It is possible to use the literal translation of “trick”, but, in this case, it would sound rather odd in Lithuanian. Secondly, the structure of the sentence is changed in order to maintain fluency of the TT. Finally, a complex sentence in the ST is changed into a conditional sentence in the TT. This type of sentence is expressed in Lithuanian by using a verb in the subjunctive mood. From the joke, one can understand, that Donkey always talks, and it is doubtful that he will ever be silent. Moreover, animals are not able to talk unless there is magic involved. All these aspects were conveyed in the dubbed version, and the meaning of the joke has been
Context: Shrek, Fiona and Donkey are running from the Dragon. Donkey and Fiona meet for the first time.
ST
TT
Donkey: Hi, Princess!
Fiona: It talks!
Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick.
Asilas: Labas, Princese!
Fiona: Jis kalba!
Šrekas: Taip, būtų stebuklas, jeigu jis užsičiauptų.
Example 3 …show more content…
The translator made grammatical, syntactic and semantic changes due to the different structure of languages. Firstly, the word “trick” is translated with “stebuklas”. It is possible to use the literal translation of “trick”, but, in this case, it would sound rather odd in Lithuanian. Secondly, the structure of the sentence is changed in order to maintain fluency of the TT. Finally, a complex sentence in the ST is changed into a conditional sentence in the TT. This type of sentence is expressed in Lithuanian by using a verb in the subjunctive mood. From the joke, one can understand, that Donkey always talks, and it is doubtful that he will ever be silent. Moreover, animals are not able to talk unless there is magic involved. All these aspects were conveyed in the dubbed version, and the meaning of the joke has been