Gender in translation is a comprehensive study on feminist issues in translation theory and practice. The author argues that feminist theory challenges the traditional view of authority in translation, allowing translators to be literary activists and to create new lines of transmission. This text includes a critical overview of cultural theories in translation, the role of 'culture-brokers' such as Alpra Behn, Madame de Staël, Eleanor Marx and Gayatri Spivak, debates in feminist Bible translation and the 'missed connections' in the transfer of French feminism to America.