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August 25, 2025Linguistics InitiativeOpen Access

Translator’s subjectivity reflected in the Indonesian subtitle of Hasan Minhaj: Off with His Head

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Subtitling strategies reflected the translator's subjectivity, affecting the humor’s intended message.
Key strategies included paraphrasing and deletion, impacting how ethnic jokes were conveyed to the audience.
Analysis employed Gottlieb’s subtitling strategy and Relevance Theory to explore the cognitive aspect of translation.
The translator’s subjectivity may enhance cultural fit but can also undermine the original humor and meaning.

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Analysis reveals subtitling strategies reflect translator’s subjectivity in humor, indicating cultural adaptation challenges.

Ariffa et al. (2025) studied this question.

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