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Situation and purpose are intrinsic part of all translation work. Translators thus, never translate words in isolation but the entire context. They bring to the translation their own cultural heritage, their reading experience and in the case of children's books, their image of childhood and the child itself. In so doing, they enter into a dialogue and a relationship involving readers, the author, the illustrator, the translator and the publisher. The translator-centered approach to the study differs from the more traditional approaches focused on abstract concepts of equivalence, matches or fidelities, between texts. This model negates the earlier mechanistic models and considers the translator as an influencer and a medium of being influenced. It is only in this mode that the immensity of the translator's importance becomes significant. (Rose, 2001)Then it requires the suitability of the translatability of the text as a crucial part of the project. A few factors to consider before embarking on the translation for any children's text include: