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9.5. Culture Specific

Sometimes, something in the culture of the source language has a distinctly different cultural value from the same thing in the culture of the target language. In such cases, the translator should keep the original meaning by adjusting the form of the cultural symbol or adding enough background information to indicate to the target language users what the original cultural value was. We should follow country specific standards and cultural references and local conventions in doing translation. For example, we should use metric system. We should use Rupee instead of Dollar during translation.

Source

    Target (Wrong )

Target ( Correct )

Context Application

Beige

बीज

भदमैला

OpenOffice

India

इंडिया

भारत

Gnome Location

Egypt

इजिप्ट

मिश्र

Gnome Location