Yanbing Xiong

Yanbing Xiong

December 31, 2025

Translator, Cultural attitude, Multidimensionality, Translation process.

During the translation process, the translator’s cultural attitude is a complex and dynamic construct that reflects their cognitive approach to the cultures of the source and target languages. It also involves projecting translators’ cultural identity and value judgments, which are shaped by comparing the two cultures. The multidimensional cultural attitude influences translators’ motives, selection of translated texts, preferences for translation strategies, paratext selection decisions, and other related elements in the translation process. Their indecision and internal conflict between the source and target languages reveal that the cultural attitude is not a binary choice, but rather a multidimensional, dynamic, and inherently complex construct. Thus, the translator’s multidimensional cultural attitude can offer a crucial perspective for understanding and analyzing the intricate translation process. 

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