Introducing Translational Studies: Main Issues of TranslationStudies; CH:2 Translation Theory before the20th Century; CH:3 Equivalence and EquivalentEffect; CH:4 Types; CH:5 Theories; CH:6 Translation Technologies; CH:7 Localization from the Perspectiveof Translation Studies; CH:8 Aspects of Translational Studies; Bibliography; Index

Translation is always a text about a text and hence it is a metatext. We translate by intuition. There is no Science of translating though there are scientific theories of translation. In this book, the author has made a thorough analysis of various aspects of translation studies-both in the east and the west. Apart from making a background study of translation, he has analysed translation as creative writing, as linguistic bridge-building and as nation building. The book provides an authoritative steer to key approaches in translation studies.