1. Introduction 2. On Linguistic Relativity 2.1. OVERVIEW 2.2. DETRACTIORS 2.3. WEAK RELATIVITY 2.4. A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC VIEW 2.5. A BLOLOGICAL VIEW 2.6. LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT 2.7. PRO-RELATIVISTIC STUDIES. 3. Universals, Weltanschauung and Translation Theory 3.1. UNIVERSALS AND TRANSLATION 3.2. WEAK UNIVERSALS 3.3. CROSSLINGUAL COMMUNICABILITY 3.4. WELTANSCHAUUNG AND LEXICAL HIERARCHY 3.5. IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSLATION THEORY 4. Conclusion REFERENCES