Contrary to popular opinion, translation is not merely the act of picking up a text and converting it into another language, there is much more to this. The 50s and 60s, owing to the advancements in linguistic studies, ushered in a scientific inquiry into the process of translation, thereby making evident its complex nature. This linguistic approach, however, appeared to have certain drawbacks. This article highlights three fundamental issues with the linguistic study of translation and seeks to introduce the German Functionalist approach, which successfully addressed these issues by coming up with some revolutionary ideas for students, practitioners, readers, researchers, thinkers, and critics of translation. The article aims to allow readers to think about translation with a wider and more realistic lens, and hence promote scholarship and research within translation in Pakistan.