Since publication over twenty years ago The Translators Invisibility has provoked debate and controversy within the field of translation and become a classic text. Providing a fascinating account of the history of translation from the seventeenth century to the present day Venuti shows how fluency prevailed over other translation strategies to shape the canon of foreign literatures in English and investigates the cultural consequences of the receptor values which were simultaneously inscribed and masked in foreign texts during this period. Reissued with a new introduction in which the author provides a clear detailed account of key concepts and arguments in order to issue a counterblast against simplistic interpretations The Translators Invisibility takes its welldeserved place as part of the Routledge Translation Classics series. This book is essential reading for students of translation studies at all levels.