Introduction 1 Translation as Means or End - As Imitation or Creation 2 Translation: An Introductory Survey 3 Translation Today: The Wider Aspects of Translation 4 Translation for Language Teaching and Professional Purposes 5 The Use of Systemic Linguistics in Translation 6 The Virtues of Interference and the Vices of Translationese 7 Word and Text: Words and Their Degree of Context in Translation. 8 Translation and Mis-translation: The Review, the Revision,and the Appraisal of a Translation 9 Pragmatic Translation and Literalism 10 Teaching Translation 11 Teaching about Translation 12 The Translation of Political Language 13 Translation as an Instrument of Linguistic, Cultural and Literary Criticism References Index