This book defines "translationality" by weaving a number of sub- and interdisciplinary interests through the medical humanities: medicine in literature, the translational history of medical literature, a medical (neuroscience) approach to literary translation and translational hermeneutics, and a humanities (phenomenological/performative) approach to translational medicine. It consists of three long essays: the first on the traditional medicine-in-literature side of the medical humanities, with a close look at a recent novel built around the Capgras delusion and other neurological misidentification disorders; the second beginning with the traditional history-of-medicine side of the medical humanities, but segueing into literary history, translation history, and translation theory; the third on the social neuroscience of translational hermeneutics. The conclusion links the discussion up with a humanistic (performative/phenomenological) take on translational medicine.

本书对 "翻译性 "进行了定义，通过医学人文学科编织了一些子学科和跨学科的兴趣：文学中的医学、医学文学的翻译史、文学翻译的医学（神经科学）方法和翻译诠释学，以及翻译医学的人文学科（现象学/表演）方法。本书由三篇长文组成：第一篇是关于医学人文的传统医学文学方面，仔细研究了最近一部围绕卡普拉斯妄想症和其他神经性误认障碍的小说；第二篇从医学人文的传统医学史方面入手，但转入文学史、翻译史和翻译理论；第三篇是关于翻译诠释学的社会神经科学。结论将讨论与对翻译医学的人文主义（表演/现象学）的看法联系起来。