The Tanslator as Mediator Between Cultures.docVIP

THE TRANSLATOR AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN CULTURES By Rainer Schulte The German word for to translate is über-setzen. In its most basic visualization, the German word means to carry something from one side of the river to the other side of the river. The English word to translate does not immediately evoke the same image in the mind. In German, we can say : mit der F?hre den Fluss über-setzen which would literally mean: to translate the river on a ferry boat. The visualization of the word über-setzen --to move from one side of the river to the other side of the river--leads to several important insig