Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface 1
4. Chapter 1. Translating in the Pacific 13
5. Chapter 2. Recent tradition in Australia 39
6. Chapter 3. Japanese conceptualizations of ‘translation’ 55
7. Chapter 4. Contemporary views of translation in China 81
8. Chapter 5. From plagiarism to incense sticks 105
9. Chapter 6. More or less “translation” 125
10. Chapter 7. The Persian tradition 149
11. Chapter 8. The notion of translation in the Arab world 169
12. Chapter 9. Traditions of translation in Hebrew culture 193
13. Chapter 10. Altaic tradition 215
14. Chapter 11. Translation tradition throughout South African history 243
15. Chapter 12. Translation traditions in Angola 271
16. Chapter 13. The culture(s) of translation in Russia 287
17. Chapter 14. The concept of translation in Slavic cultures 309
18. Chapter 15. The Greek-speaking tradition 323
19. Chapter 16. Latin/Romance tradition 341
20. Chapter 17. Germanic tradition 355
21. Chapter 18. Hispanic South America 375
22. Chapter 19. The history of translation in Brazil through the centuries 395
23. Chapter 20. Translation in Central America and Mexico 419
24. Chapter 21. Translation and North America 443
25. Postface 465
26. Bio-notes 471
27. Index of languages, people, toponyms 481
28. Name index 485
29. Subject index 491