A word, even when considered monosemic, generally has a cluster of meanings, depending on the mental representation of the referent by the speaker/writer or listener/reader. The variation is even more noticeable across cultures. This paper investigates the different ways in which cultural knowledge helps in the interpretation of English lexical…

Elaborates on the problems facing the criminological translator, as a result of cultural differences, linguistic variation, the evolution of ideologies, and, finally, the lack of adequate terminological references. (AM)