This book summarizes the rapid development of cognitive translation studies in global perspective over the past decades, detailing specific manifestations, core research areas, significant achievements, and five development trends, providing readers with an overview of the entire cognitive translation study system. It explores the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of cognitive research in written translation, analyzing translation processes and discussing the development trends in cognitive research of written translation, integrating findings in China and abroad while indicating future directions for written translation research. Next, it introduces the current state of international cognitive research of interpreting, highlighting new achievements in this field, while also analyzing the shortcomings in research systems and methodologies, pointing out three major trends for future development. In addition, this book examines the evolution of research methods in cognitive translation studies through both speculative and empirical paths, emphasizing the recent rise of empirical research and the trend of using triangulation, suggesting possible future development trends for cognitive translation research.