# Comedy is translation

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxRainier
- Speaker: Chris Bliss
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_bliss_comedy_is_translation)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Every act of communication is, in some way, an act of translation. Writer Chris Bliss talks about the way that great comedy can translate deep truths for a mass audience.

## Lectures

1. [Comedy is translation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chris_bliss_comedy_is_translation/9d40c63d726b), 16 min (TED's player)