The Art of Translation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction to the second edition (1983) -- Editor's introduction to the English edition -- References -- Translator's introduction to the English edition -- References -- Part I -- Chapter 1. Translation theory -- 1.1 An overview -- 1.2 General and specialised theories -- 1.3 Linguistic methodology -- 1.4 Literary methodology -- Chapter 2. Translation as a process -- 2.1 The genesis of a literary work and of its translation -- 2.2 The three stages of the translator's work -- 2.2.1 Apprehension -- 2.2.2 Interpretation -- 2.2.3 Re-stylisation -- Chapter 3. Translation aesthetics -- 3.1 Creative production -- 3.1.1 Translation as an art form -- 3.1.2 The dual norm in translation -- 3.1.3 The hybrid nature of translation -- 3.1.4 The ambivalent relationship with the original literature -- 3.2 The translator's linguistic and literary creativity -- 3.2.1 The 'classic' translation -- 3.2.2 Translation tradition -- 3.2.3 Linguistic creativity -- 3.3 Fidelity in reproduction -- 3.3.1 Translation procedures -- 3.3.2 Cultural and historical specificity -- 3.3.3 The whole and its parts -- Chapter 4. On the poetics of translation -- 4.1 Artistic and 'translation' styles -- 4.1.1 Lexical choices -- 4.1.2 The idea and its expression -- 4.2 Translating book titles -- Chapter 5. Drama translation -- 5.1 Speakability and intelligibility -- 5.2 Stylisation of theatrical discourse -- 5.3 Semantic contexts -- 5.4 Verbal action -- 5.5 Dialogue and characters -- 5.6 The principle of selective accuracy -- Chapter 6. Translation in literary studies -- 6.1 Mapping the history of translation practice -- 6.2 Translation analysis -- 6.3 Translation in national cultures and world literature -- Part II -- Chapter 1. Original verse and translated verse -- 1.1 Verse and prose.

1.2 Rhymed and unrhymed verse -- 1.3 Semantic density -- 1.4 The verse of the source and the translator's verse -- 1.5 The original metre -- Chapter 2. Translating from non-cognate versification systems -- 2.1 Quantitative verse -- 2.2 Syllabic verse -- 2.3 Accentual verse -- Chapter 3. Translating from cognate versification systems -- 3.1 Rhythm -- 3.1.1 Two types of rhythm -- 3.1.2 Freed verse -- 3.1.3 The tempo of the dactyl -- 3.1.4 Accentual-syllabic versification -- 3.2 Rhyme -- 3.2.1 Rhyming vocabulary -- 3.2.2 Masculine and feminine rhyme -- 3.2.3 Rich rhyme -- 3.2.4 Imperfect and decanonised rhyme -- 3.3 Euphony -- Chapter 4. Notes on the comparative morphology of verse -- 4.1 Blank verse -- 4.2 The alexandrine -- 4.3 Free verse -- Chapter 5. Integrating style and thought -- References -- Index.