Leading translation theorist, Susan Bassnett traces the history of translation, examining the ways in which translation is currently utilised as a burgeoning interdisciplinary activity. She also extends her analysis intonew areas, such as developing technologies and new media forms.

1. Introduction 2. Discourse of invisibility 3. From equivalence to cultural relativism 4. Cultural translation 5. Post-colonial translation 6. Translation and globalisation 7. The traveller as translator 8. Theorising rewriting 9. Conclusion: The Limits of translatability

Susan Bassnett is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick. She has published extensively on translation, and her best known books include Translation Studies (4^th ed, 2013); Reflections on Translation (2011); Constructing Cultures , written with Andre Lefevere (1996) and Post-Colonial Translation co-edited with Harish Trivedi (1999). She translates from several languages and lectures on aspects of translation all over the world.