# 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")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 44

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-the-language-of-comics/961864/44 "2022-03-29T18:35:05Z")

</div>

> [@How are puns and wordplay translated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-puns-and-wordplay-translated/926560/1):
>
> what is the general practice for translating puns/wordplay like this into other languages?

“Don’t.”

Some things just don’t translate. For example, I assume Chinese doesn’t have crossword puzzles.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-the-language-of-comics/961864)._