Introduction to the second edition ��1983��
Editor's introduction to the English edition
Translator's introduction to the English edition

PART I
CHAPTER 1 Translation theory�� The state of the art
1��1 An overview
1��2 General and specialised theories
1��3 Linguistic methodology
1��4 Literary methodology
CHAPTER 2 Translation as a process
2��1 The genesis of a literary work and of its translation
2��2 The three stages of the translator's work
2��2��1 Apprehension
2��2��2 Interpretation
2��2��3 Re-stylisation
CHAPTER 3 Translation aesthetics
3��1 Creative production
3��1��1 Translation as an art form
3��1��2 The dual norm in translation
3��1��3 The hybrid nature of translation
3��1��4 The ambivalent relationship with the original literature
3��2 The translator's linguistic and literary creativity
3��2��1 The 'classic' translation
3��2��2 Translation tradition
3��2��3 Linguistic creativity
3��3 Fidelity in reproduction
3��3��1 Translation procedures
3��3��2 Cultural and historical specificity
3��3��3 The whole and its parts
CHAPTER 4 On the poetics of translation
4��1 Artistic and 'translation' styles
4��L1Lexical choices
4��1��2 The idea and its expression
4��2 Translating book titles
CHAPTER 5 Drama translation
5��1 Speakability and intelligibility
5��2 Stylisation of theatrical discourse
5��3 Semantic contexts
5��4 Verbal action
5��5 Dialogue and characters
5��6 The principle of selective accuracy
CHAPTER 6 Translation in literary studies
6��1 Mapping the history of translation practice
6��2 Translation analysis
6��3 Translation in national cultures and world literature

PART II
CHAPTER 1 Original verse and translated verse
1��1 Verse and prose
1��2 Rhymed and unrhymed verse
1��3 Semantic density
1��4 The verse of the source and the translator's verse
1��5 The original metre
CHAPTER 2 Translating from non-cognate versification systems
2��1 Quantitative verse
2��2 Syllabic verse
2��3 Accentual verse
CHAPTER 3 Translating from cognate versification systems
3��1 Rhythm
3��1��1 TWO types of rhythm
3��1��2 Freed verse
3��1��3 The tempo of the dacty
3��1��4 Accentual-syllabic versification
3��2 Rhyme
3��2��1 Rhyming vocabulary
3��2��2 Masculine and feminine rhyme
3��2��3 Rich rhyme
3��2��4 Imperfect and decanonised rhyme
3��2��4��1 Rhyming conventions and language
3��2��4��2 Consonance and assonance
3��2��4��3 Decanonised rhyme
3��3 Euphony
CHAPTER 4 Notes on the comparative morphology of verse
4��1 Blank verse
4��2 The alexandrine
4��3 Free verse
CHAPTER 5 Integrating style and thought

References
Index