Cultural Contexts for Translation

Authors

  • Chompoonut Thawornwong Faculty Humanities and Social Sciences Dhonburi Rajabhat University

Keywords:

problems in translation, culture, contexts, translation

Abstract

One of the problems found in students studying Translation is that the students lack the knowledge and understanding of cultural contexts. They may be unaware of the fact that language and culture are inseparable leading to mistakes in translation. With regards to this, the article “Cultural Contexts for Translation” aims to provide the importance of cultural contexts for translation including roles of translation, importance and influences of translation, culture-specific items, translation for culturally specific items and cultural contexts.

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Published

2020-08-18

How to Cite

Thawornwong, C. (2020). Cultural Contexts for Translation. Academic Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences Dhonburi Rajabhat University, 3(2), 110–119. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/human_dru/article/view/251448

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Academic Articles