<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Travelling implies the encounter and, in certain cases, the clash of cultures. By interpreting translation as a means of transfer between languages and cultures, the present study looks into the different views on translating culture-specific realia. Through a close analysis of texts with the purpose of informing foreign tourists it offers ways of how to carry out this mediation. The study calls for further research into closely related issues, such as the translator’s cultural awareness of and sensitivity to similarity and difference, identity and alterity in culture.</p></abstract>

Travelling implies the encounter and, in certain cases, the clash of cultures. By interpreting translation as a means of transfer between languages and cultures, the present study looks into the different views on translating culture-specific realia. Through a close analysis of texts with the purpose of informing foreign tourists it offers ways of how to carry out this mediation. The study calls for further research into closely related issues, such as the translator’s cultural awareness of and sensitivity to similarity and difference, identity and alterity in culture.

Dilemmas of Cultural Mediation: A Case Study of Tourism

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania (Miercurea Ciuc, Romania) Department of Humanities

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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Travelling implies the encounter and, in certain cases, the clash of cultures. By interpreting translation as a means of transfer between languages and...

Dilemmas of Cultural Mediation: A Case Study of Tourism

Publié en ligne: 18 mars 2016

Pages: 47 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0046

Mots clés
culture, realia, mediation, tourism, travel, pragmatic equivalence

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Dilemmas of Cultural Mediation: A Case Study of Tourism

Publié en ligne: 18 mars 2016

Pages: 47 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0046

Mots clésculture, realia, mediation, tourism, travel, pragmatic equivalence

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
culture, realia, mediation, tourism, travel, pragmatic equivalence