The document discusses the interplay between culture and translation, emphasizing that translation involves replacing text from one language with equivalent material in another. Culture, shaped by various disciplines, influences translation practices, such as the use of figurative language and orthographic adaptation. It highlights that understanding culture is essential in ensuring the translator maintains the original's intent while making it accessible for the target audience.

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The Role of Culture in
Translation.
Translation is the
replacement of textual
material in one language by
equivalent textual material
in another language.
Culture.
 Culture is the product of interacting human minds.
 It will also be a science that must be built on interdisciplinary
foundations including genetics, and neuroscience.
 Individual development, ecology and evolutionary biology,
psychology and anthropology.
 Scholars try to find out what exactly is being studied.
 How it is being studied when a particular approach is applied.
 Culture is not an existing object of study that needs scientific
analysis.
 Inclusion of new texts into culture can the culture undergoes
innovation as well as perceives its specificity.
 Culture and translation are among the most determining and
influential variables in human communication.
 Study for a general science of culture.
 Operates largely through translational activity
 Analyzes figurative language (metaphors,
idiomatic expressions, proverbs)
Roles.
Repetition. The original reference is retained as much as possible through being repeated in the TL (e.g.,
Los Angeles → (.‫لس‬ ‫ج‬ ‫آن‬ ‫س‬ ‫ل‬ However, this strategy risks a rise in the exotic character of the CSI and therefore, may promote alienation of the TL reader ship of the original
text.
Orthographic adaptation. This strategy involves transcription and transliteration.Itapplies to languages thathave almostthe same alphabetical systems;for instance Latin
languages (e.g. in translation from English into Russian, Kemidov becomes Keindov).
Linguistic (non-cultural) Translation. In many cases, the translator opts for a denotatively close reference to the original, but increases its comprehensibility by coming up
with a TL item which can be recognized as belonging to the cultural system of the source text.