# Translating the language of comics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-the-language-of-comics/961864>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comic-strips\
**Created:** [March 28, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-the-language-of-comics/961864 "2022-03-28T23:34:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-the-language-of-comics/961864/3 "2022-03-29T04:23:57Z")

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There is a related thread in FQ:

> [@How are puns and wordplay translated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-puns-and-wordplay-translated/926560/):
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> I was recently watching an episode of Raised By Wolves in which a character tells that good ol’ joke: When is a door not a door? When it is ajar. The subtitles read “When it is a jar [ajar]” to make the pun clear in written form. The joke only works in English, so it got me wondering: what is the general practice for translating puns/wordplay like this into other languages?

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