This textbook is a practical and interactive reader designed to give anyone interested in language and communication a rigorous yet accessible head-start to the emerging field of translation. Organised along neat paradigms and models, the book features fresh applications of a wide range of theories, drawing on authentic examples from a multitude of languages.  With its strong emphasis on how translation operates in real-world situations, the book is a useful reference not only for students, instructors, and practitioners of translation, but also for the general reader who is curious about the intricacies of communicating across languages and cultures.

Tong King Lee is an applied linguist based at the University of Hong Kong. He is a NAATI-accredited professional translator, with several years' experience in translation research and teaching as well as language consultancy. He is the author of the monographs Experimental Chinese Literature: Translation, Technology, Poetics (2015) and Translating the Multilingual City: Crosslingual Practices and Language Ideology (2013), and has published widely in leading international journals on applied linguistics and translation studies, including Applied Linguistics Review, Target, Translation Studies, The Translator, and Meta.