The Functions of Translation
Translation plays a very significant role in cultural development of mankind. It is only on the basis of translation that communication and mutual intercourse and interchange between peoples speaking different languages become possible. Not a single contact at the international level can be established or maintained without the help of translators or interpreters. Different international bodies (E.E.C. – European economic Council, the I.M.F. – the International Monetary Fund or the United nations Organization) can function smoothly only thanks to the army of translators and interpreters representing different states and working in many different national languages. Numerous branches of national economies too can keep up with the up-to-date development and progress in the modern world thanks to the everyday translating of scientific and technical matter covering various fields of human knowledge and activities. Thus we may outline the main functions of translation as following
Scientific and technical – it fosters the progress in various fields of science and technology in all countries of the world.
Social and political - it provides the dissemination of political ideas, of social and political knowledge in different field of science.
