赵勇主编的《西方翻译理论导读》与国内外同类著作相比较，《西方翻译理论导读》分析归纳简洁准确，代表了翻译研究的最新成果；本书的选文全面精到，其中Rornan Jakobson(1959)的《论翻译的语言方面》、walter．Benjamin(1923)的《论译者的任务》、James Holmes(1972)《翻译研究的名与实》等都是翻译研究必读的经典文献。简言之，本书是一部融分析和选文于一体的翻译研究著作，旨在对我国翻译研究的发展起到一定的推动作用。

Chapter Ⅰ Traditional Western Translation Theories

 1. Translation in Antiquity

 2. Translation in the Renaissance and Reformation

 3. Romanticism in Translation Theories

Chapter Ⅱ The "Science" of Translation

 1. Roman Jakobson

 2. Eugene A. Nida

 3. John C. Catford

 4. Wolfram Wilss

Chapter Ⅲ Philosophical Foundation of Modern Translation Theories

 1. Walter Benjamin

 2. Willard Quine

 3. George Steiner

Chapter Ⅳ "Cultural Turn" in Translation Studies

 1. Andre Lefevere

 2. Susan Bassnett

Chapter Ⅴ The Translation Studies Group

 1. James Holmes

 2. Itamar Even-Zohar

 3. Gideon Toury

 4. Theo Hermans

Chapter Ⅵ Skopostheorie and Functionalist Approach to Translation Studies

 1. Katharina Reiss

 2. Hans J. Vermeer

 3. Christiane Nord

Chapter Ⅶ　 Discourse and Cognitive Approaeh in Translation Studies

 1. Basil Hatim & Ian Mason

 2. Ernest-August Gutt

 3. Axel Buhler

Chapter Ⅷ Deeonstruetive Translation Studies

 1. Jacques Derrida

 2. Paul de Man

 3. Kathleen Davis

Chapter Ⅸ Feminist Translation Studies

 1. Lori Chamberlain

 2. Sherry Simon

 3. Luise von Flotow

Chapter Ⅹ Post-colonial Translation Studies　 Chief Representatives

 1. Tejaswini Niranjana

 2. G.C. Spivak

 3. Lawrence Venuti

 4. Maria Tymoczko

 5. Edwin Gentzler

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