1. Introduction. Part I: Method of Translation. 2. A compositional definition of the translation relation. 3. M-grammars. 4. The translation process. 5. The Rosetta characteristics. Part II: Elaboration of the Method. 6. Morphology. 7. Dictionaries. 8. Syntactic rules. 9. Modular and controlled M-grammars. Part III: Linguistic Aspects. 10. Compositionality and syntactic generalisations. 11. Incorporating theoretical linguistic insights. Part IV: Solution of Translation Problems. 12. Divergences between languages. 13. Categorial divergences. 14. Temporal expressions. 15. Idioms and complex predicates. 16. Scope and negation. Part V: Formal Aspects. 17. The formal definition of M-grammars. 18. An attribute grammar view. 19. An algebraic view. 20. Software engineering aspects. 21. Conclusion. Bibliography. Subject and author index.