六十年代末七十年代初在美國興起的女權運動對之後三十年內的學術與文藝發展都產生了深遠的影響。女權主義思想在社會中的普及和蔓延，促進了語言的發展。兩者的進步相互交織，相互推動。也是在同一時期，翻譯研究逐漸被接納為文化研究的重要部分。由此，文化間性別角色的差異，這些差異在語言中的體現和表達，以及通過翻譯將這些表達植入不同的文化背景等種種錯綜復雜的問題與隨之產生的評論就構成了費拉德著的《翻譯與性別：女性主義時代的翻譯》的主要內容。

20世紀最後的30年中，性別研究滲透到了學術研 究與文藝創作的各個方面。人們對於性別的關注深刻 影響了翻譯實踐、翻譯理論與翻譯批評的發展。從女 權主義角度出發的翻譯實踐與翻譯批評，以及對文化 的強調已使翻譯成為探索性別與文化之間相互作用與 相互影響的重要領域。 費拉德著的《翻譯與性別：女性主義時代的翻譯 》將翻譯置於女權運動以及這場運動對“父權”語言 的批判的背景中，闡述了女性實驗性作品的翻譯實踐 、譯者的大膽介入、一些重要文本如《聖經》的翻譯 、翻譯對父權社會中“消失”作品的重現及以女性譯 者為焦點的翻譯歷史研究等一繫列問題。 20世紀最後的30年中，性別研究滲透到了學術研究與文藝創作的各個方面。人們對於性別的關注深刻影響了翻譯實踐、翻譯理論與翻譯批評的發展。從女權主義角度出發的翻譯實踐與翻譯批評，以及對文化的強調已使翻譯成為探索性別與文化之間相互作用與相互影響的重要領域。
本書將翻譯置於女權運動以及這場運動對“父權”語言的批判的背景中，闡述了女性實驗性作品的翻譯實踐、譯者的大膽介入、一些重要文本如《聖經》的翻譯、翻譯對父權社會中“消失”作品的重現及以女性譯者為焦點的翻譯歷史研究等一繫列問題。

Preface
1.Historical Background
The Women s Movement and the Idea of Gender
Women and Language
Gender and Translation
2.Gender and the Practice of Translation
Experimental Feminist Writing and its Translation
Translating the Body
Translating Puns on Cultrual References
Translating Experiments with Language
Interventionist Feminist Translation
Translating Machismo
Assertive Feminist Translation
Recovering Women s Works Lost in Patricarchy
Further Corrective Measures
3.Revising Theories and Myths
Proliferating Prefaces：The Translator s Sense of Self
Asserting the Translator s Identity
Claiming ZResponsibility for Meaning
Revising the Rhetoric of Translation
Tropes
Achieving Political Visibility
Revising a Fundamental Myth
Pandora s Cornucopia
4.Rereading and Rewriting Translations
Reading Existing Translaations
Simone de Beauvoir
Rewriting Exsting Translations
The Bible
Comparing Pre-feminist and Post-feminist Translations
Sappho and Louise Labe
Recovering Lost Women Translators
Subversive Activity in the English Renaissance
Nineteenth-Century Women Translators
La Malinche
5.Criticisms
Criticism from Outside Feminisms
Criticism from Within Feminisms
Elitist Experimentation
Opportunist Feminist Bandwagon
Being Democratic with Minorities
Revealing Women s Cultural and Political Diversity
6.Future Perspectives
Broad Historical Perspectives
Contemporary Perspectives
Public Language Policies
Interpreting
7.Concluding Remarks
Glossary
Bibliographical References

Preface
1.Historical Background
The Women s Movement and the Idea of Gender
Women and Language
Gender and Translation
2.Gender and the Practice of Translation
Experimental Feminist Writing and its Translation
Translating the Body
Translating Puns on Cultrual References
Translating Experiments with Language
Interventionist Feminist Translation
Translating Machismo
Assertive Feminist Translation
Recovering Women s Works Lost in Patricarchy
Further Corrective Measures
3.Revising Theories and Myths
Proliferating Prefaces:The Translator s Sense of Self
Asserting the Translator s Identity
Claiming ZResponsibility for Meaning
Revising the Rhetoric of Translation
Tropes
Achieving Political Visibility
Revising a Fundamental Myth
Pandora s Cornucopia
4.Rereading and Rewriting Translations
Reading Existing Translaations
Simone de Beauvoir
Rewriting Exsting Translations
The Bible
Comparing Pre-feminist and Post-feminist Translations
Sappho and Louise Labe
Recovering Lost Women Translators
Subversive Activity in the English Renaissance
Nineteenth-Century Women Translators
La Malinche
5.Criticisms
Criticism from Outside Feminisms
Criticism from Within Feminisms
Elitist Experimentation
Opportunist Feminist Bandwagon
Being Democratic with Minorities
Revealing Women s Cultural and Political Diversity
6.Future Perspectives
Broad Historical Perspectives
Contemporary Perspectives
Public Language Policies
Interpreting
7.Concluding Remarks
Glossary
Bibliographical References