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05/07/18
Do foreign jokes work in English? - video
What makes Generation Y laugh in Germany, India, Hungary, Mexico and Brazil? Do these jokes work in English or is the humour lost in translation? Here is a selection of jokes submitted by Guardian readers across the globe, told by Guardian staff in the original language and then in English.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/mar/20/foreign-languages-jokes-comedy-english-translation-generation-y
What makes Generation Y laugh in Germany, India, Hungary, Mexico and Brazil? Do these jokes work in English or is the humour lost in translation? Here is a selection of jokes submitted by Guardian readers across the globe, told by Guardian staff in the original language and then in English.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/mar/20/foreign-languages-jokes-comedy-english-translation-generation-y
