本书对“翻译”和“意义”这两个概念给予了新的界定。“意义”历来被认为是某种客观的外在的东西，无论其呈现形式是具体的还是抽象的。“翻译”被想当然地看作是将原文的客观意义投射至译文中去，是一种隐喻建构，其中功能对等是核心。然而，当代认知语义学家们认为“意义”既不是某种外在的客观形式，也不是内在的主观意识，而一种实时建构。它是人们将它时的感知识信息以及概念信息同更为抽象的、通过长期经验获取的信息框架结构相整合的结果。“翻译”，就其过程而言，可被理解为原语与译语中两个独立的、概念与语言的整合过程；就其结果而言，它是第三空间整合的结果。

前言
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Concepts of Translation and Meaning
2.1 Transfer is a Precondition of Translation
2.2 Translation and Metaphor
2.3 How Translation Transfers
2.4 Concept of Meaing Revisties
2.5 Negotiation:Conceptual Integration
Chapter 3 Persectives on Translation Studies
3.1 Macro-view:Cultural Studies Approach
3.2 Micro-view:Linguistic Studies Approach
3.3 What Is Missing in Current Theories
Chapter 4 Relevance Theoretic Approach Revisited
4.1 Relevance as Inferential Neture of Communication withn a Culture
4.2 Relevance impotent in Cross-cultural Transfer
Chapter 5 Conceptual integration networks and metaphoric structures
5.1 A Synoptic View of Conceptual Integration
5.2 Blending Versus Metaphor
Chapter 6 Language Expression:Blend of Conceptual Structure with Grammatical
Construction
Chapter 7 Translation in Metaphoric Structures in Trems of Blending
Chapter 8 Translating Through Blending
Chapter 9 Planning and Blending
Chapter 10 Concluding Remarks
References
Acknowledgments