Preface 7
Ⅰ.Introduction 11
Ⅱ.Translation as a Modern Means of Communication 17
Ⅲ.Translation Theory in the Past and the Present 27
Ⅳ.Problems of Methodology in the Science of Translation 51
Ⅴ.The Translation Process and Translation Procedures 85
Ⅵ.Textlinguistics and Translating 112
Ⅶ.Translation Equivalence 134
Ⅷ.Translation Difficulties 158
Ⅸ.The Teaching of Translation 176
Ⅹ.Error Analysis Foreign Language—Native Tongue(English-German) 196
Ⅺ.Translation Criticism 216
Ⅻ.Machine Translation 228
References 251
Author and Name Index 275
Subject Index 280