Acknowledgements 1 Translating: A Political Act 2 The Meek or the Mighty: Reappraising the Role of the Translator 3 Norms and the Determination of Translation: A Theoretical Framework 4 Culture-Specific Items in Translation 5 The Exotic Space of Cultural Translation 6 Translation and Pragmatics 7 Translation, Counter-Culture, and The Fifties in the USA 8 Translation and Canon Formation: Nine Decades of Drama in the United States Notes on Contributors