چکیده (انگلیسی):

Since translation concerns all disciplines, we may ask whether it is possible to conduct theoretical research peculiar to
translations, or to what extent theoretical thinking is possible in a field of study which has a nexus of complex relations
with other disciplines. We can answer these questions if we understand why we have a recourse to theorization in
translation. Since the defining feature of theory as a complex set of relations overlaps with the concept of translation,
they both involve complex mental procedures. Mental procedures in both actions operate similarly; that is to say, both
theorists and translators draw up analogies between similar cases in order to define, classify and categorize the
components of complexity. In theorization these procedures are called “abstraction” and “simplification”; whereas in
translation studies, we call it “deverbalization”. It means stripping the linguistic form of a text, or a document so as to
understand the sense of it (Gile 2003:47). Accordingly, we can reach such a conclusion that both translation and
theorization follow the same logical sequence in understanding and overcoming the complexity. In the light of these
introductory remarks the present study discusses the concept of theory, and theorization both in translation and
translationstudies so as to draw upsimilaritiesand divergencies between translation theory and translation practice.