Gender In Translation Is A Broad-Ranging, Imaginative And Lively Look At Feminist Issues Surrounding Translation Studies. Students And Teachers Of Translation Studies, Linguistics, Gender Studies And Women's Studies Will Find This Unprecedented Work Invaluable And Thought-Provoking Reading. Sherry Simon Argues That Translation Of Feminist Texts - With A View To Promoting Feminist Perspectives - Is A Cultural Intervention, Seeking To Create New Cultural Meanings And Bring About Social Change. She Takes A Close Look At Specific Issues Which Include: The History Of Feminist Theories Of Language And Translation Studies; Linguistic Issues, Including A Critical Examination Of The Work Of Luce Irigaray; A Look At Women Translators Through History, From The Renaissance To The Twentieth Century; Feminist Translations Of The Bible; An Analysis Of The Ways In Which French Feminist Texts Such As De Beauvoir's The Second Sex Have Been Translated Into English.