Cultural Differences Between English and Hungarian in Relation to Translation of Idioms

Abstract

In order to be able to describe and understand the chosen topic, I am exploring the meaning of the concept ’culture’ and the relationship between Second Language Acquisition and Second Culture Acquisition. As language and culture are unseparable, the position of culture in the language teaching process is also taken into consideration. I am mainly interested in the cultural differences salient in translation of culture specific expressions including idioms, I am examining translation as such, and idiomatic translation as well. While investigating the related literature, I detail what is required from the teacher’s side: teachers must realise the significance of the teaching of culture in the language class and supply themselves with the necessary strategies and methods.