Translation refers to the process converting the content in a given language (source) to another language (target). The translator should have thorough understanding of both the source and target language involved and the target language should be the native tongue. The translator will translate the source language content into the target language without adding, omitting or deviating from the given source content.
The translator has to keep the translation as close as possible to the source content, in spite of the lack of similar words or appropriate phrases, commonly experienced while translating in different languages. The translator's hands are tied down by the limits and scope of the content given in the source language and can in no way rewrite, extrapolate or define in any other way than the given source content, however good the intentions might be.
The translator's attempt to rewrite, extrapolate or define the content in the source language may render the translation useless and has the potential to irreparably damage the purpose of translation.
