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。

凯·道勒拉普：国际著名翻译学者、丹麦哥本哈根大学英语系教授、著名翻译研究期刊《视角》(Perspectives)主编。为世界各地多所大学讲学，并为中国清华大学访问学者。已发表大量翻译论作。

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