Like criticism, translation is always a text about a text and hence it is a metatext. We translate by intuition. There is no Science of Translating though there are scientific theories of translation. In this book, the author has made a thorough analysis of various aspects of Translation Studiesboth in the East and the West. Apart from making a background study of Translation, he has analysed Translation as Creative Writing, as Linguistic Bridge-Building and as Nation Building. The author has devoted a chapter each to the important subjects: Theory and Practice of Translation: The Indian Context, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies: A Correlation, The Role of the Translator, A Critique of Translation Theories and above all, the place of Translation in the Twenty-first century in the Global Context. This is an incisive and well researched book on Translation Studies in our country.

1. Introduction
2. The Diachronic Study of Translation
3. Kinds of Translation
4. Problems of Translation
5. Translation as Creative Writing
6. Translation as Linguistic Bridge- Building
7. Translation as Nation Building
8. The Limits of Translation
9. The Role of the Translator
10. Translator's Dilemma: Agony or Ecstasy
11. A critique of Translation Theories
12. Translation Theory and Practice: The Indian Context
13. Comparitive Literature and Translation Studies:. A Correlation
14. Translation in the Twenty First Century: The Global Context
15. From Translation of Bhasa Literature to Comparative Literature and Nation Building
16. Conclusion