Cross-Cultural Analysis and its Impact on Religious Interpretation

The present study made an effort to analyze the effect of cross-cultural factors on interpretation by concentration on religious expressions as one of the main challenges in translation of holy books and religious texts. Interpreters' strategies such as adaptation, explanation and omission to confront this difficult task were analyzed as well. To conduct the study, researchers selected 50 common holy expressions in Iranian culture which were used by political and cultural speakers in speeches. A questionnaire, released by Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution (SCCR) in Iran, was utilized. The participants were 30 professional interpreters. The questionnaire was distributed among 30 professional interpreters; then the researchers classified the most common strategies for interpretation of religious expressions in utterances. The result demonstrated that adaptation strategy at 60% was interpreters' priority in translation of religious expressions. This originates in the fact that explanation and omission strategies only used in 17% and 23% of orders. Moreover, it was found that religious expressions take time to interpret and that is why adaptation was chosen as the main strategy. In addition, it was found that interpreters are supposed to have perfect knowledge of both Iranian and American cultures to choose the most appropriate equivalent to convey the message and take the time in the interpretation

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• Translation and religion

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