Margaret Rogers is Professor Emerita in Translation and Terminology Studies at the University of Surrey; Michael White is Lecturer in German at the University of St Andrews. The two co-authors of the second edition, Michael Loughridge and Ian Higgins, as well as the originator of the Thinking Translation series, the late Sándor Hervey, are all former colleagues at St Andrews, the former both with extensive experience of professional translation.

Preface to the third edition Acknowledgements Introduction SECTION A Overview and basic concepts 1. Translation: a decision-making process 2. Translation methods: decisions about 'closeness' 3. Equivalence and non-equivalence SECTION B Some key issues 4. Textual genre and translation issues 5. Cultural issues in translation 6. Compensation SECTION C Formal properties of text 7. Meaning and translation 8. Text-related issues in translation 9. Sentential issues in translation 10. Grammatical issues in translation 11. Phonological issues in translation SECTION D The translation process and translation specialisms 12. Research and resources for translation 13. Translating consumer-oriented texts 14. Translating scientific and technical texts 15. Translating literary texts 16. Revising, reviewing and proofing TTs