CHAPTER I. TRANSLATING CULTURE: PROBLEMS, STRATEGIES AND PRACTICAL REALITIES 1.1. Cultural terms…………………………………………………………………… 8 1.2.Translation procedures and strategies…………………………………………… 16 CHAPTER II. LINGUA-CULTURAL PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION 2.1. Practical realities: strategies used to translate cultural terms………………….... 26 2.2. Adaptation, Calque……………………………………………………………… 34 2.3. Compression, reduction, condensation, omission………………………………. 47