Translation (History, Trends, Approaches and Theories)

Study of the history of translation uncovers that, translation over centuries, as a common ground to different cultures and civilizations, has been involving with an introduction of different perspectives on the path of enlightening and awakening nations.A glance at the world history reveals constant contacts among different nations by different means i.e. by non-verbal signs, language and ultimately by translation.Translation is nowadays understood as a much more complicated and has become a crucial component in the communication process and it is, more than ever, an active process, transforming what it works on, creating new form of thinking, reinventing literature and keeping it afresh. it has played a major part in the movement of knowledge from Ancient Greece to Persia, from India to Arab nations, from Islam into Christianity, and from Europe to China and Japan. It has been invisibly and visibly present in all communication means by any way and helps and will help the world knowing different cultures and mutually understanding of all present civilizations.

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I am graduated in B.A and M.A in Translation Studies and am a PhD candidate of the same major.since i have been working as a translator, interpreter and university lecturer,i felt it is necessary to work briefly on a chronological study of translation studies and related topics to contribute to easy understanding of students of translation studies.