Discourse is rendered from one language to another. Translation is an act through which the content of a text

Register variables		Associated discourse semantic function
Typical lexicogrammatical
Field	The information and way of representation	Ideational (action)	Subject-specific terminology and transitivity structures
Tenor	The linguistic relation between the participants	Interpersonal (affiliation)	Modality structures, pronoun choices, evaluative lexis
Mode	The form of communication	Textual (information settings)	Thematic and information structure, patterns of cohesion
Context of culture : the extralinguistic sociocultural environment in which the text is produced and operates		Discourse: enacted by conventionalized genres of which texts are individual examples A text is comprised of a specific register in a context of situation	The three strands of meaning (discourse semantic ) are expressed by specific lexical and grammatical choices

• According to Hatim and Mason there are three levels of contexts : communicative , pragmatic and semiotic which are illustrated in the following table in addition to extralinguistic context of culture and specific sub-themes.

1st Level Category	2nd Level Category	3rd Level Category
Extralinguistic factors