TRANSLATION THEORY

Translation destroys language walls and illuminates the gestures, assertions, and utterances of other nations. Translation heightens our sensitivity to the sensibilities of foreign cultures and customs.
Translation Studies examines the art and craft of translation, i.e., what is translated, how it is translated, how it is received in the receptor language, and especially what is said so often to be lost in translation. 
Translation erases the borders between disciplines, fostering interdisciplinary thinking and research.
Translation revitalizes the study of literature and the humanities.  Academicians have to understand that all acts of interpretation and communication are acts of translation.
Translation guarantees the survival of our civilization in a globalized world with its digital and electronic innovations. The survival will depend on how well we apply the methods of translation to initiate and promote inter-cultural communication.
Translation Studies approaches literature from a new and dynamic perspective that changes the way we view literature, cultures, and each other.
Translation charts innovative ways to study the reading of verbal, visual, and musical texts.
Translation builds bridges between the humanities and the sciences to respond to the needs of a globalized world in the 21st century.
Translation cultivates associative thinking -- the foundation of creativity. (the author : KARL VOSSLER)