Cultural mediation proved essential during the COVID-19 crisis, especially in multilingual regions like China’s Greater Bay Area. Community interpreters helped international residents overcome language barriers, access health information, and navigate local rules. The focus is on how crisis translation involved not just linguistic accuracy but also cultural sensitivity, fostering trust, emotional support, and social cohesion in a time of uncertainty.

The roles of interpreters and cultural mediators are compared to show how both help people communicate across languages and cultures. Interpreters often do more than translate words—they also handle cultural meanings that affect understanding. In fields like politics, business, and public services, strong language skills and cultural awareness are both needed to ensure clear and respectful communication.

Skopos theory positions the translator as a mediator responsible for modifying the text based on the intended purpose of the translation.

Translation strategies are in fact mediation options that can be employed during intercultural communication. Which ones are the most used?

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