Because the world is not perceived in the same way by all people, different “world versions”, different “noetic systems” shape the law which, being in the sphere of ideas, influences reality’s perceptions, not the reality herself. Language is a part of society, a socially conditioned process that may form an important structural element of peoples’ identities. Comparative legal studies are a privileged place of contemplation as far as the possibilities and the limits of the legal translation are concerned.