%0 Journal Article %T On Cultural Differences and Translation Methods %A Hongmei Sun %J Journal of Language Teaching and Research %D 2011 %I %R 10.4304/jltr.2.1.160-163 %X Nowadays translation is regarded essentially as a cross-cultural communication, and cultural differences pose major barriers in translating. After a brief overview of cultural differences in translation, this paper mainly explores foreignizing and domesticating methods in dealing with cultural differences and those possible factors affecting the choice of them. %K cultural differences %K foreignizing and domesticating method %K factor affecting the choice of translation methods %U http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/jltr/article/view/3799