Importance Of Translation Culture

INTRODUCTION

The need for translation has always existed since the appearance of the human being on the Earth. Translation is not only a way to explain what a language said to another, it is also a way to present one culture to another. As to the notion of culture, Edward Burnett Tylor considers that , “culture…is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and many other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”. This definition covers almost every aspect of human’s life and lays at the basis of most modern anthropological conceptions of culture. Putting it simply, culture is rooted in history, it represents all the main peculiarities of a certain group of people, it is defined by language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. In the process of translation culture cannot be ignored.

Each culture is unique, as a result, its language is also unique, so when translating from one language into another we come across unique problems. It is commonly considered that understanding the culture of a country is only by understanding what people of that country are saying or writing. However, in practice, the fact that language is rooted in culture is often forgotten. The bigger the cultural difference, the more difficult is to translate the culture bound concepts.

Dealing with 'untranslatable' terms is not an easy task at all, it requires a lot of knowledge, professionalism and even creativity. The translator plays a very important role into conveying correctly the message from one language into another, despite the fact that the cultural distance between two languages can be very big, and when the cultural distance between languages is big, the...

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...ysis between the opinions of different scholars, linguists and even translators toward this topic.

Comparative method. This method will be used in the theoretical part, in order to compare the opinions and statements of different linguists upon this topic, but also it will be used in the practical part for comparing the provided translations of cultural challenging items.

Qualitative research. Our primary goal is to provide accurate and up-to-date material upon the issue on untranslatability. We also focus on bringing plausible examples from reliable sources, we will not consider ambiguous opinions of unknown authors.

Quantitative research. We will consider a range of different definitions, classifications, hypotheses proposed by different linguists, we will not stick to only one opinion. In this context, we will present many examples from different subject fields