Peter France is editor of The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French (OUP 1992), and himself a distinguished translator from Russian and French

This book is a must for people interested in the internationalisation of literature and religious texts, in Translation Studies, as well as for translators with an interest in their field and literary critics concerned with comparative literature. It will bring something new to them all.

• ADVICE TO READERS; FURTHER READING; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THEORY AND HISTORY; A. THEORETICAL ISSUES; --TRANSLATION STUDIES AND TRANSLATION CRITICISM; --NORMS OF TRANSLATION; --THE LIMITS OF TRANSLATION; --LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSLATION; --GENDER IN TRANSLATION; --VARIETIES OF ENGLISH (JOHN MCRAE AND BILL FINDLAY); B. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; --THE MIDDLE AGES; --THE RENAISSANCE; --NEOCLASSICISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT; --ROMANTICISM AND THE VICTORIAN AGE; --LATE VICTORIAN TO THE PRESENT; --TRANSLATION IN NORTH AMERICA; C. TEXT TYPES; --POETRY; --THEATRE AND OPERA; --SACRED TEXTS; --CHILDREN'S LITERATURE; --ORAL LITERATURE; REFERENCES FOR PART I; PART II. TRANSLATED LITERATURE [EACH SECTION BELOW CONTAINS MANY SUBSECTIONS, NOT LISTED HERE]; A. AFRICAN LANGUAGES; B. ARABIC; C. THE BIBLE; D. CELTIC LANGUAGES; E. CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; F. EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES; G. FRENCH; H. GERMAN; I. GREEK; J. HEBREW AND YIDDISH; K. HISPANIC LANGUAGES; L. INDIAN LANGUAGES; M. ITALIAN; N. LATIN; O. NORTHERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; P. RUSSIAN; Q. WEST ASIAN LANGUAGES

Peter France is editor of The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French (OUP 1992), and himself a distinguished translator from Russian and French

This book is a must for people interested in the internationalisation of literature and religious texts, in Translation Studies, as well as for translators with an interest in their field and literary critics concerned with comparative literature. It will bring something new to them all.

• ADVICE TO READERS; FURTHER READING; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THEORY AND HISTORY; A. THEORETICAL ISSUES; --TRANSLATION STUDIES AND TRANSLATION CRITICISM; --NORMS OF TRANSLATION; --THE LIMITS OF TRANSLATION; --LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSLATION; --GENDER IN TRANSLATION; --VARIETIES OF ENGLISH (JOHN MCRAE AND BILL FINDLAY); B. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; --THE MIDDLE AGES; --THE RENAISSANCE; --NEOCLASSICISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT; --ROMANTICISM AND THE VICTORIAN AGE; --LATE VICTORIAN TO THE PRESENT; --TRANSLATION IN NORTH AMERICA; C. TEXT TYPES; --POETRY; --THEATRE AND OPERA; --SACRED TEXTS; --CHILDREN'S LITERATURE; --ORAL LITERATURE; REFERENCES FOR PART I; PART II. TRANSLATED LITERATURE [EACH SECTION BELOW CONTAINS MANY SUBSECTIONS, NOT LISTED HERE]; A. AFRICAN LANGUAGES; B. ARABIC; C. THE BIBLE; D. CELTIC LANGUAGES; E. CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; F. EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES; G. FRENCH; H. GERMAN; I. GREEK; J. HEBREW AND YIDDISH; K. HISPANIC LANGUAGES; L. INDIAN LANGUAGES; M. ITALIAN; N. LATIN; O. NORTHERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; P. RUSSIAN; Q. WEST ASIAN LANGUAGES

Peter France is editor of The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French (OUP 1992), and himself a distinguished translator from Russian and French

This book is a must for people interested in the internationalisation of literature and religious texts, in Translation Studies, as well as for translators with an interest in their field and literary critics concerned with comparative literature. It will bring something new to them all.

• ADVICE TO READERS; FURTHER READING; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THEORY AND HISTORY; A. THEORETICAL ISSUES; --TRANSLATION STUDIES AND TRANSLATION CRITICISM; --NORMS OF TRANSLATION; --THE LIMITS OF TRANSLATION; --LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSLATION; --GENDER IN TRANSLATION; --VARIETIES OF ENGLISH (JOHN MCRAE AND BILL FINDLAY); B. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; --THE MIDDLE AGES; --THE RENAISSANCE; --NEOCLASSICISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT; --ROMANTICISM AND THE VICTORIAN AGE; --LATE VICTORIAN TO THE PRESENT; --TRANSLATION IN NORTH AMERICA; C. TEXT TYPES; --POETRY; --THEATRE AND OPERA; --SACRED TEXTS; --CHILDREN'S LITERATURE; --ORAL LITERATURE; REFERENCES FOR PART I; PART II. TRANSLATED LITERATURE [EACH SECTION BELOW CONTAINS MANY SUBSECTIONS, NOT LISTED HERE]; A. AFRICAN LANGUAGES; B. ARABIC; C. THE BIBLE; D. CELTIC LANGUAGES; E. CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; F. EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES; G. FRENCH; H. GERMAN; I. GREEK; J. HEBREW AND YIDDISH; K. HISPANIC LANGUAGES; L. INDIAN LANGUAGES; M. ITALIAN; N. LATIN; O. NORTHERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; P. RUSSIAN; Q. WEST ASIAN LANGUAGES