Chapter 1 Introductory Remarks 1
Chapter 2 The Problem of Western Centrality in Translation Studies 16
Chapter 3 Modes of Translation in the Modern World 33
Chapter 4 The Individual Translator:the Myth of the"Perfect Translation" 48
Chapter 5 The History of Translation 61
Chapter 6 The Nature of Translation 75
Chapter 7 Translation Approaches 93
Chapter 8 Translation and Translators'Tools 107
Chapter 9 The Translator in Society 123
Chapter 10 Source-text Types 137
Chapter 11 Other Aspects of Source-and Target-text Analysis 152
Chapter 12 Evaluation 168
Chapter 13 Improvement in Translation and Translation Studies 182
Chapter 14 Synchrony and Diachrony in Translation Work 197
Chapter 15 Source Texts and Translation Today 214
Works Cited 232
Appendix 236
Index 244