The study of translation seems to be permeated by misunderstanding on both sides, linguists tending to misconstrue the objectives and methods of translation theory and translation theorists to demonstrate a far from adequate grasp of the principles of linguistics and its methods of investigation. We have been addressing the issue of theory in relation to translation by distinguishing models from theories, specifying what a theory of translation ought to contain and giving some indication of the methodology we shall employ in our search for a theory.