Acceptable Acceptability in Verbal Humor Translation

Afterwards, the word, the phrase, the clause, or the sentence used by the subtitler is not in accordance with the rules of the target language TL. In addition, the meaning of the verbal humor in the source expressions are not conveyed and the style of the verbal humor expressions are culturally failed to be rendered in the target language. It is translated literally which makes no sense for the target audiences because using unfamiliar expressions and dictions. For example: SE : Pedro : We could have been legends. We already are super-mega-dope, but... You know what Im saying? Nico : We had it all. The undiscovered talent, the big idea, the inspiration. but if we cant bring these guys to Rio, we got nothing. Nothing? Rafi : Hold your mangoes. We still have Eva. Nico and Pedro look weirdly to Rafi. What? TE : Pedro : Kita bisa menjadi legenda. Kita memang sudah terkenal, tapi... Kau tahu apa yang sedang aku katakan? Nico : Kita telah memiliki semuanya. Talenta yang belum terungkap ini ide besar. Inspirasi. Tapi jika kita tidak bisa membawa mereka ke Rio.. Kita tidak mendapatkan apa-apa. Tidak mendapatkan apapun. Rafi : Tahan mangga kalian. Kita masih punya Eva. Apa? In the dialogue above, Rafi said hold your mangoes because his beak’s shape is like mango. Therefore, what he meant by mango was mouth. The translator did not use “mouth” but rather use the word literally “mango” which means mangga in Bahasa Indonesia. It does not make any sense. Therefore, definitely it is unacceptable in translation of verbal humor in the target expression. It must be translated as tahan mulut kalian or tutup mulut kalian.

7. Summary of the Film

Rio 2 film is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure- comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the first film was set and Rio 2 begins, though most of its plot occurs in the Amazon rainforest. The film tells the story about Blu Jesse Einsberg and Jewel Anne Hathaway, and their three children, who were living happily in the city until Jewel realized that her children were becoming more like humans. Meanwhile, Blu’s former owner, Linda Gunderson Leslie Mann and her husband Tulio Rodrigo Santoro, were on an expedition in the Amazon. Jewel was believed that she and her family should go to the Amazon to help Linda and Tulio to find other blue macaws. Rafael George Lopez, Nico Jamie Foxx, and Pedro will.i.am decided to come along. Blu brought a fanny pack full of supplies, one of which he used mostly was a GPS, which made Jewel’s displeasure considerably getting stronger because of it. When searching for the macaws, Linda and Tulio were eventually trapped by the loggers who were destroying the jungle. Blu persuaded the flock macaws to defend and save their homes. On the other side, Gabi Kristin Chenoweth and Charlie helped Nigel Jemaine Clement to seek revenge on Blu. Big Boss Miguel Ferrer tried to blow up the trees as a back-up plan, but Blu stole the lit dynamite. After the dynamite went off, Blu and Nigel engaged in a battle while they tangled in vines. Big Boss was eaten alive by a snake, Boa Constrictor.