Occupation or profession: A survey of the translators' world

Katan, David

doi:10.1075/bct.32.06kat

In:Identity and Status in the Translational Professions
Edited by Rakefet Sela-Sheffy and Miriam Shlesinger †
[Benjamins Current Topics 32] 2011
► pp. 65–88

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Occupation or profession: A survey of the translators' world

David Katan

Published online: 13 October 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.32.06kat

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