Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. La Dernière Translation viii
4. Preface ix
5. The Fundamentals
6. Why Literary Translation? 3
7. The uniqueness of literary translation 7
8. Getting started 13
9. Preparing to translate 27
10. Staying on track 35
11. A day in the life of a literary translator 38
12. Stages of translation 45
13. Techniques of Translation
14. Decisions at the outset 49
15. What literary translators really translate 72
16. The care and feeding of authors 81
17. Style in translation 90
18. Fiction and footnotes 93
19. Some notes on translating poetry 97
20. Other areas of literary translation 103
21. Puns and word play 109
22. Stalking the treacherous typo (Lapsus calami) 111
23. The dilemma of dialect 116
24. Special problems in literary translation 118
25. Pitfalls and how to avoid them 132
26. The all-important title 140
27. Profanity, prurience, pornography 151
28. The crucial role of revision 159
29. Final steps 162
30. Where to publish 165
31. The Working Translator
32. The translator’s tools 171
33. Workspace and work time 180
34. Financial matters 184
35. Contracts 191
36. Bibliography 200
37. Glossary 206
38. Appendix: Ethical questions in literary translation 210