The Quest for Culture in Translation. From Then to Now

Abstract

This article aims to illustrate the undeniable interplay between culture and translation, and it attempts to explore the cultural impact on literary translation. As translation has always served a special purpose or many purposes at the same time, each time it has been shaped by a certain force, power, or ideology. Approaching a culture implies beginning a process of translation which reveals the power one culture can exert over another. Furthermore, the article is intended to contribute to strengthening the bond between literary translation and culture, as translation is not the production of a text equivalent to another text, but rather a complex process of rewriting the original which runs parallel both to the overall view of the language, and to the influences and the balance of power that exists between one culture and another.