本书是翻译研究学科的入门读本。全书例证丰富，中西兼顾，探讨了翻译领域的几大主要问题，包括翻译的本质、不同翻译模式(如口译、笔译以及影视翻译等)的特点等；分析了翻译实践中译者所面临的挑战；从实践角度对当今翻译理论研究作了深刻反思；通过分析法庭翻译、跨国谈判翻译等不同层面的翻译活动，对这些活动的架构以及效果进行了细致的研讨。

Dedication

Foreword

Chapter 1 Introductory Remarks

Chapter 2 The Problem of Western Centrality in Translation Studies

Chapter 3 Modes of Translation in the Modern World

Chapter 4 The Individual Translator: the Myth of the "Perfect Translation"

Chapter 5 The History of Translation

Chapter 6 The Nature of Translation

Chapter 7 Translation Approaches

Chapter 8 Translation and Translators' Tools

Chapter 9 The Translator in Society

Chapter 10 Source-text Types

Chapter 11 Other Aspects of Source and Target-text Analysis

Chapter 12 Evaluation

Chapter 13 Improvement in Translation and Translation Studies

Chapter 14 Synchrony and Diachrony in Translation Work

Chapter 15 Source Texts and Translation Today

Works Cited

Appendix

Index