Samaneh Aminpou - Department of Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza Branch
Nastaran Zahedian - Department of Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza Branch

Nowadays, cultural exchange has become a very significant issue in the field of translation studies. There are many researches done about the role of culture in translation. Here, we will investigate another aspectof this issue: How translation helps cultural exchange? Tour translators play a significant role in culturalexchange since tourism industry is one of the important channels of cultural interactions. This paper aims at investigating the role of tour translators in introducing cultural items as well as familiarizing tourists with Iranian culture. In this regard, the necessary competences for tour translators, their place and some ofthe strategies they use regarding translation of cultural items will be discussed. Those translators whosenative languages were Persian and translating into English are considered in this research