Based on a conference held at the University of Hartford, this title features professional translators, linguists, and literary scholars who exchange their views on translation and its power to influence literary traditions and to shape cultural and economic identities.

1. Preface; 2. Introduction. Between temples and templates: History's claims on the translator (by Dasgupta, Probal); 3. Part 1. Translation and reconciliation; 4. 1. Translation as reconciliation: A conversation about politics, translation, and multilingualism in South Africa (by Krog, Antjie); 5. 2. Interpreting at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY): Linguistic and cultural challenges (by Schweda Nicholson, Nancy); 6. 3. Translating and interpreting sign language: Mediating the DEAF-WORLD (by Reagan, Timothy); 7. 4. Translators in a global community (by Pool, Jonathan); 8. Part 2. Translation and negotiation; 9. 5. The treason of translation?: Bilingualism, linguistic borders and identity (by Edwards, John); 10. 6. The poetics of experience: Toward a pragmatic understanding of experience, practice, and translation (by Colapietro, Vincent); 11. Part 3. Translation and the interpretation of texts; 12. 7. Translation and the rediscovery of the multinational Central European (by Cooper, Thomas); 13. 8. Transcriacao / Transcreation: The Brazilian concrete poets and translation (by Jackson, K. David); 14. 9. Expression and translation of philosophy: Giorgio Colli, a master of time (by Tramuta, Marie-Jose); 15. 10. The semantics of invention: Translation into Esperanto (by Tonkin, Humphrey); 16. Contributors; 17. Index