This book analyses critical aspects of the complex and intricate process of transposing irony and humour from the cultural context of the source language into that of the target language. In other words, it goes beyond the scope of linguistic translation, and it may instead be qualified as an instance of cultural translation that attempts to identify bridges between different worldviews. Hence, translation is seen here as a creative and dynamic process by which linguistic, cultural and social meanings in the source culture are transposed into equivalent meanings in the target culture....