This is the first English translation of Andrei V. Fedorov's classic 1953 text "Vvedenie v teoriiu perevoda" / Introduction to Translation Theory. This volume is key reading for scholars and researchers of the history, theory and politics of translation studies, comparative literature, and Russian and Slavic studies.
Brian James Baer has long been our leading translator of and commentator on Russian thinking about translation, and now he has done us the great service of making the early and groundbreaking work of Fedorov available to us in English. His translation is highly attentive to the cultural situatedness of Fedorov's thought and presentation in the 1950s Soviet Union, with helpful annotations and meticulous correction of false friends appearing in past English discussions.
Douglas Robinson, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
