ABSTRACT
Language and emotions are inextricably linked, as emotional factors are embedded in the dynamics of multilingual discourses and, in turn, languages shape individuals’ emotional landscape. The picture that emerges from research on emotions and languages is a complex and dynamic one. It suggests that the perception, processing, and communication of emotions in various languages is partly linked to past and present experiences, and partly linked to a range of psychological and sociobiographical factors. As a form of communication involving language, translation will necessarily involve emotion. Translation and emotion therefore seem to be an obvious combination for research study.
