The uses of handbook.-- Historical overview of translation.-- Requisites for professional translators.-- Translator`s Self-Evaliation.-- Translation problems.-- Translation techniques.-- Translation an computers.-- Dictionaries, reference literature, and termilology management.-- Key translation areas.-- How to operate successfully as a freelance translator.-- Sources of translation work.-- A career as an in - house translator.-- Training programs.-- Oral Interpretation.-- Translators' organizations.-- Tranlation : A life- long career.--