General Editiors preface Foreword Acknowledgments Standard Abbreviations 1.Issues and Debates in Translation Studies 2.Linguistics and Translators:Theory and Practices 3.Context in Translating:Register Analysis 4.Translating and Languages as Discourse 5.Translating Text as Action:The Pragmatic Dimension of Context 6.Translaitng Texts as Signs:The Semiotic Cimension of Context 7.Intertextuality and Intentionality 8.Text Type as the Translators Focus 9.Prose Designs:Text Structure in Translation 10.Discourse Texture 11.The Translator as Mediatior Glossary of Terms Lsit of Texts Quoted Bibliography Index