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Originally Posted by Mad-ox  There are many reasons for learning foreign languages. Learning a foreign language also involves learning about the culture, the country of the language you are learning. So if we learn English language, we will also find out information about England's culture, customs, habits etc. |
Mad-ox, I totally agree with you. That's why translation between languages is so difficult: it's not just
translating the words and sentences; one has to render the meaning also to the culture the translation is aiming at. I know many works in Polish that are practically untranslatable into English though it is possible to "translate" it via translation of the words and sentences. But the meaning: this is what is impossible to understand if one does not understand the Polish culture.
Cheers,
Nyggus
