Index: p. 206-210.

Bibliography: p. 193-205.

1. Heterogeneity. - 2. Autorship. - 3. Copyright. - 4. The formation of cultural identities. - 5. The pedagogy of literature. - 6. Philosophy. - 7. The bestseller. - 8. Globalization.

Venuti exposes what he refers to as The Scandals of Translations by looking at the relationship between translation and the practices which at once need and marginalize it. -- The book moves into different languages, cultures, periods, disciplines and institutions and is richly ilustratred by numerous cases studies including: Bible translation in the early Christian Church; translations of poetry and philosophy from classical Greek and German; translations of the modern Japanese novel; the translation of bestsellers; advertisements and bussines journalism. -- Venuti reveals the social effects of translated texts and works towards the formulation of an ethics that enables translations to be written, read and evaluated whith greater respect for linguistic and cultural differences.