本书由翻译研究领域著名学者Mona Baker教授撰写，是翻译学习者、实践者、研究者的经典必读书，已更新至第三版。本书从语料库语言学、叙事学、伦理学、符号学等诸多学科视角对翻译展开跨学科审视，用大量实例引述评介不同论点，切实帮助读者巩固理论基础，提升实践能力，拓宽研究视野。

莫娜·贝克，Mona Baker is Professor Emerita of Translation Studies at the Universityof Manchester, UK, and Director of the Baker Center for Translation andIntercultural Studies of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. She is FoundingVice President of the International Association of Translation and InterculturalStudies (IATIS, 2004–2015).

List of figures
List of tables
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Acknowledgements
Credits
1 Introduction
1.1 About the organization of this book
1.2 Examples, back-translations and the languages of illustration
Suggestions for further reading
Note
2 Equivalence at word level
2.1 The word in different languages
2.2 Lexical meaning
2.3 The problem of non-equivalence
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
3 Equivalence above word level
3.1 Collocation
3.2 Idioms and fixed expressions
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
4 Grammatical equivalence
4.1 Grammatical versus lexical categories
4.2 The diversity of grammatical categories across languages
4.3 A brief note on word order
4.4 Introducing text
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
5 Textual equivalence: thematic and information structures
5.1 A Hallidayan overview of information flow
5.2 The Prague School position on information flow: functional sentence perspective
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
6 Textual equivalence: cohesion
6.1 Reference
6.2 Substitution and ellipsis
6.3 Conjunction
6.4 Lexical cohesion
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
7 Pragmatic equivalence
7.1 Coherence
7.2 Coherence and processes of interpretation: implicature
7.3 Coherence, implicature and translation strategies
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
8 Semiotic equivalence
8.1 Semiotic resources and semiotic regimes
8.2 Creative deployment of semiotic resources
8.3 Translating semiotically complex material
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
9 Beyond equivalence: ethics and morality
9.1 Ethics and morality
9.2 Professionalism, codes of ethics and the law
9.3 The ethical implications of linguistic choices
9.4 Concluding remarks
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
Glossary
References
Name index
Language index
Subject index