The paper intends to explore and discuss the necessity for a sociosemiotic approach

in the translation. The theoretical basis for this approach is Halliday's sociosemiotic

theory of language in which he stresses the unity of the text (language), context

(linguistic or non-linguistic), social structure, and in which he sees language as a

unique system of signs with a social function, capable of expressing the meanings

which all other sign systems can make (Halliday, 1978). We will, in short, be

attempting to cast some light on the relationship between translation and semiotics.

The relevance of the sociosemiotic approach to the translation is that it helps the

translator to better understand the meanings (associative and designative2) of words,

sentences, and the fact that everything about the message has a meaning.