%0 Journal Article
%T Translation as the Catalyst of Cultural Transfer
%A Albrecht Classen
%J Humanities
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/h1010072
%X This essay reflects on the many different strategies involved in translation, which is both a linguistic and a cultural-historical strategy. Examples from the Middle Ages and the Modern Age are adduced to illustrate the huge impact which translations have had on peoples and societies throughout time.
%K translation
%K translation theory
%K cultural impact of translations
%K translations as cultural ambassadors
%K political and ideological impact of translations
%K translations in the Humanities
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/1/1/72