Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Basic issues in the field of translation; 1 What is translation?; 2 Translation competence; 3 Looking at translation from different perspectives; 4 Culture and ideology in translation; Part II Some much-discussed concepts in translation theory; 5 Possibilities and impossibilities of translation; 6 Universals of translation?; 7 How do we know when a translation is good?; Part III Some important new trends in translation studies
8 What goes on in translators' heads when they are translating?9 Using corpora in translation studies; 10 Translation in the age of globalization and digitalization; Part IV Translation in the real world; 11 The role of translation in language learning and teaching; 12 Translation as a social practice in real-life situations; Glossary; References; Index
