"In the late 1970s a new academic discipline was born: Translation Studies. We could not read literature in translation, it was argued, without asking ourselves if linguistics and cultural phenomena really were 'translatable' and exploring in some depth the concept of 'equivalence'." "Twenty years after publication, the field of translation studies continues to grow, but one thing has not changed: updated for the second time, Susan Bassnett's Translation Studies remains essential reading."--Jacket.