Reflections on Culture, Language and Translation

Abstract

The presentstudy has made an attempt to define the concept of culture from different viewpoints in translation studies and to offer an analysis of researchers' viewsof the interaction between culture and languageand alsobetween culture and translation. In interactional studies, researchers try to investigate the effects of variables on each other. Culture and translation are among the most determining and influential variables in human communication.It is generally believed that culture influences the translational discourse in a number of ways.An overview of the different views on the interaction between culture and languageis also offered. Implications of each view for translation studies are also discussed in detail.