Matters of Humour... And Translation Techniques

Abstract

The first thing wethinkof when we deal with a text supposedly classified as hu-morousis what isits aimor whatis the devicethattriggersin the readerthat mechanism which causes to laugh? Is that deviceused on purpose?Isthat device which triggers hu-mour linguisticallyunidirectional, i.e, aiming only one language –the one in which the textowas written –or does it allow for other linguistic and cultural contexts?