In recent years, the cultural-cognitive approach has played an important role in linguistics. This approach also has an important position in translation theory. In the process of translation, oral or written, the translator is obliged to make certain a me ndme nts to  the  te xt, ta ki ng i nto  a cco unt so ci o -cultura l, psycho lo gi ca l, li nguo cultura l a spe cts. He /she  sho uld ta ke  i nto  a cco unt the  pe culi a ri ti e s o f bo th la ngua ge s, culture s, na ti o ns, e thni c gro ups i nvo lve d i n the  tra nsla ti o n pro ce ss. Wo rds a nd a cti o ns tha t wi ll ma ke  o ne  pe o ple  smi le , ca n i nfuri a te  o the rs, due  to  di ffe re nce s i n culture  a nd li ngui sti c pi cture s o f the  wo rld. A  mo de rn tra nsla to r ha s kno wle dge  o f fo re i gn la ngua ge s, but a lso  i s a  be a re r o f the  culture s o f the se  la ngua ge s a nd a cts a s a  tra nsmi tte r o f thi s culture  i n tra nsla ti o n. I n thi s a rti cle , we  ha ve  tri e d to  a na lyze  the  ro le  o f the  cultura l a nd co gni ti ve  a spe ct i n tra nsla ti o n.