本书实际上是一本深入解构西方传统翻译理论和概念的著作，贯穿其中的是一种反理性主义的批判精神。全书分为两大部分：第一部分“对话性身体”(第一、二章)主要为第二部分提供理论和意识形态基础；第二部分“对话性转变”(第三、四章)涉及翻译对话中的各种“身体”以及在人际交往语境中交谈或翻译时发生的身体反应。本书为一部优秀的翻译理论著作，对于想了解西方解构主义翻译理论的读者而言，其很有价值。

Introduction

Part One Dialogical Bodies

 Chapter One The Somatics of Tramlation

The Somatics of Language

The Idiosomarics of Translation

The Ideosomatics of Tranlation

Dualism

Instrumentalism

Perfectionism

 Chapter Two The Dialogics of Translation

Paradigm Shifts in Translation Theory

Martin Luther

Goethe and Luther

The Entrepreneurial Translator

Romantic Redemption

Martin Buber

Dialogue contra Dualism

Dialogue contra Instrumentalism

Dialogue contra Perfectionism

Part Two Dialogical Turns

 Chapter Three The Tropics of Translation

The Dramatics of Tramlation

Six Master Tropes

Metonymy

Synecdoche

Metaphor

Irony

Hyperbole

Metalepsis

 Chapter Four The Ethics of Translation Versions

Vertical Ethics

Introversion and Extroversion

Conversion and Advertising

Reversion

Subversion

Perversion

Aversion

Diversion

Conversation

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index