The term philology derives from the Latin “philologĭa” and this from the Greek “φιλολογία”, lexically composed of “philos” that refers to “love or interest in something” and “logos” that refers to “study”, “word”, “ idea "or" treatise "; Therefore, according to its etymology, it can be described as the science that is responsible for the study and analysis of written texts, trying to reconstruct them in the best possible way, to resemble the original texts; or it can also be classified as the study of words and by extension of language, then it can become a synonym for linguistics. The rae exposes the word as the science that deals with the study of a culture as it is reflected in its speech and literature, through written texts.
In other words, this study covers everything related to their language, literature to all those cultural phenomena of a people or group of them through written texts, which has also produced Semitic philology, Hispanic philology and Romance philology. Those people who practice this branch are known as philologists who use the analysis of literature and language in conjunction with the different written manifestations that occur in a given culture. On the other hand, when studying the different written texts, philologists provide all that understanding to be able to better know a given culture; This means that philology is a tool that is used by sociologists, historians, linguists, among others.
It could be said that there is a great diversity of types of philologies. Regarding European translation, philology can be classified into different fundamental philological fields, among them we can mention: German or German Philology, Biblical or Scriptural Philology, Classical Philology, Romance or Roman Philology, Slavic or Slavistic Philology and English Philology.
