Information loss and change of appellative effect in Chinese-English public sign translation

Ko, Leong

doi:10.1075/babel.58.3.04ko

Article published In: Babel
Vol. 58:3 (2012) ► pp.309–326

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Information loss and change of appellative effect in Chinese-English public sign translation

Leong Ko

Published online: 2 November 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.58.3.04ko

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