ChatGPT delivers an English joke in English and Mandarin｜ChatGPT說笑話有模有樣
Asking ChatGPT to tell a joke, I'm amused and impressed with the AI voice bot's ability to deliver the punchline in Mandarin so well, though with the punchline rushed without the all-important pause.
In Mandarin, the exclusively English metalinguistic joke (word play) would have been lost but for the transcreation relying on a different pair of homophones in Chinese, where "fake noodle" and "fake face" [of a person] sound the same. This is truly a stroke of genius!
這個笑話需要英語知識才能懂，但ChatGPT用中文說起來感覺竟然比英文版效果更好，唯一美中不足的是，笑話哏出現前的停頓不夠明顯。
一個原本不可譯的笑話，藉助神來一筆的中文「假面」和「假麵」的諧音哏，展現了一個完美的創譯。
