Revue algérienne des lettres
Volume 9, Numéro 3, Pages 333-346
2026-06-03
Translating Cultural Elements Using Yandex Translate: Selected Examples
Authors : Hadri Mohammed El Amine .
Abstract
This article aims to examine how Yandex Translate handles the translation of cultural elements by analyzing applied models that include proverbs, idiomatic expressions, and symbols with cultural connotations. The study adopts a descriptive–analytical approach to compare machine translation with human translation in order to assess the program’s efficiency in conveying cultural meanings. The findings reveal that Yandex performs relatively well in translating direct linguistic meanings; however, it fails to render deeper cultural dimensions, particularly in proverbs, idioms, and symbolic expressions. The study concludes that these shortcomings stem from the limited cultural awareness embedded in machine translation models, highlighting the essential need to integrate cultural knowledge into translation systems to enhance translation quality and achieve both semantic and cultural equivalence across languages.
Keywords
machine translation ; cultural elements ; Yandex translate ; human translation ; artificial intelligence, ; cultural equivalence
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