Like criticism, translation is always a text about a text and hence it is a metatext. We translate by intuition. There is no and lsquo;science of translating’ though there are scientific theories of translation. In this revised and enlarged edition of A Handbook of Translation Studies, a thorough analysis of various aspects of translation studies and mdash;both in the East and the West has been made. Apart from making a background study of translation, the art of translation has been analysed as creative writing, as linguistic bridge-building and as nation building. A chapter each has been devoted to the important aspects of translation, like theory and practice of translation: the Indian context; comparative literature and translation studies: a correlation; the role of the translator; translation theories and above all, the place of translation in the twenty-first century in the global context. This is an incisive and well researched book on translation studies in our country.In this revised and enlarged edition, a new chapter entitled and ldquo;Translator’s Dilemma: Agony or Ecstasy and rdquo; has been added, while the importance of translation has been emphasized in and ldquo;Translate or Perish and rdquo;. The Bibliography has also been updated. The book will be useful for those concerned with translation studies in India.