本书精选了自20世纪60年代以来最具代表性和影响力的当代西方翻译理论著作，旨在帮助学习者了解并掌握当代西方翻译研究领域的代表性流派及其主要观点，加深对翻译实践、翻译现象的认识，提高翻译理论素养。

Unit One Linguistic Approaches to Translation

  Chapter 1  Eugene Nida

        Dynamic Equivalence and Formal Equivalence

  Chapter 2  Peter Newmark

        Semantic and Communicative Translation

  Chapter 3  Albrecht Neubert

        Translation as Text

Unit Two Functionalist Approaches to Translation

  Chapter 4  Hans J. Vermeer

        Skopos Theory

  Chapter 5  Christiane Nord

        Functionality Plus Loyalty

Unit Three Descriptive Approaches to Translation

  Chapter 6  Itamar Even-Zohar

        Polysystem Theory

  Chapter 7  Gideon Toury

        Descriptive Translation Studies

  Chapter 8  Andre Lefevere

        Translation as Rewriting

Unit Four Cultural Studies Approaches to Translation

  Chapter 9  Lawrence Venuti

        Foreignizing Translation Strategy

  Chapter 10 Luise von Flotow

        A Feminist Perspective

  Chapter 11 Douglas Robinson

        Postcolonial Approach to Translation

Unit Five Philosophical Approaches to Translation...

Chapter 12 George Steiner

        Hermeneutic Approach to Translation

Chapter 13 Jacques Derrida

        Deconstructionist Translation Theory

Unit Six  Cognitive Approaches to Translation

Chapter 14 Ernst-August Gutt

        Cognitive Approach to Translation

Unit Seven Empirical Research in Translation Studies

Chapter 15 Wolfgang Lorscher

        Think-aloud as a Method

Chapter 16 Mona Baker

        Corpus-based Translation Studies

Bibliography