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In:Audio Description: New perspectives illustrated
Edited by Anna Maszerowska, Anna Matamala and Pilar Orero
[Benjamins Translation Library 112] 2014
► pp. 159–178

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Chapter 9. Strategies for dealing with cultural references in audio description

 | Departament de Traducció i Interpretació, Centre d’Accessibilitat i Intel·ligència Ambiental de Catalunya, Universitat Autònoma cde Barcelona, Spain
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Published online: 30 October 2014
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