Compensation is the last step in Steiner's hermeneutic motion which is essential to the translation process. The hermeneutic motion is dangerously incomplete. In the first step translator inclines to the confronting text which is off balance• Compensation is the last step in Steiner’s hermeneutic motion which is essential to the translation process. The hermeneutic motion is dangerously incomplete. In the first step, translator inclines to the confronting text which is off balance