Translation and Cultural Change -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Contents -- Editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- Notes on Contributors -- I. Translation as an agent for change -- 1. Enhancing cultural changes by means of fictitious translations -- Notes -- Works cited -- 2. Translation and cultural transformation -- Introduction -- Historical context -- The Afrikaans bible translations -- Epistemological traditions -- Comparison of the proof texts -- Proof texts for social consciousness -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Works Cited -- 3. Cultural borderlands in China's translation history -- Cultural borderlands: a definition -- Geo-political borderlands -- An institution-based borderland: Jesuit missionaries in China -- A socio-political borderland: The case of Shanghai -- The relationship between borderlands and the cultural centre -- Appendix 1: Translators from the Western Region (1st-6th centuries) -- Notes -- Works cited -- II. Cultural perception and translation -- 4. Translating China to the American South -- The origins of Baptists and their missionary impulse -- Southern Baptist missions -- This study's assumptions -- General discoveries -- Five major areas of missionary observation -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- 5. Translating the concept of 'identity' -- Introduction -- Part I: The Concept of Personal Identity -- Part II: Translations in the literary context -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works cited -- 6. Translation and national cultures -- Introduction -- Assessment of the critics -- The real issue -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- III. The Japanese experience -- 7. The reconceptionization of translation from Chinese in 18th-century Japan -- The traditional encounter with Chinese texts -- The ambiguous status of kambun kundoku -- Ogyû Sorai: advocate of "real" translation -- Notes -- Works cited.

8. Translationese in Japan -- Introduction -- Historical background -- The current trend -- A survey on translationese -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works cited -- 9. The selection of texts for translation in postwar Japan -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Japan's book industry -- Bestsellers in the post-occupation period -- Trend analysis and grounds for text selection -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- IV. Case studies from China -- 10. Translation in transition -- New translation tools -- Seven major trends -- Variables in translation practice and teaching -- Invariables in translation practice and teaching -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- 11. On annotation in translation -- Editor's note -- The basic uses of annotation -- A case study: translated fiction -- A different context -- Concluding remarks -- Works cited -- Index -- The series Benjamins Translation Library.