• Chapter 1 Translation and Translator Education Fields in Flux; Chapter 2 Rethinking Approaches to Translator Education; Chapter 3 Key Principles of Social-constructivist Education; Chapter 4 On Instruction and Construction in the Classroom; Chapter 5 Initiation through Dialogue; Chapter 6 Authentic Experience and Learning in a Translation Exercise Class; Chapter 7 Knowledge Construction and the Translator’s Workstation; Chapter 8 Assessment and the Emergence of Translator Competence; Chapter 9 From Dead Bodies and Talking Heads to Holistic Second Language Acquisition in the Classroom; conclusion A Conclusion … and a Beginning;

... provides potential blueprints for ... introductory and project-based workshops, translation assessment and the introduction of computers in translation classroom ... stimulating reading for members of all parts of the translator training profession, as well as for potential clients wishing to establish a link to the translator training scene. (Karen Leube, The Translator)... a cogent and highly stimulating argument in favour of a change away from traditional objectivist models ... to an approach which is more genuinely conducive to learner development. (Robert Neather, Translation Quarterly)