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In:Literary Translator Studies
Edited by Klaus Kaindl, Waltraud Kolb and Daniela Schlager
[Benjamins Translation Library 156] 2021
► pp. 73–88

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Chapter 3
Translator biographies as a contribution to Translator Studies

Case studies from nineteenth-century Galicia

 | University of Warsaw
Published online: 3 May 2021
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Article outline
  • The translator biography – an outline of the research paradigm
  • Historical and cultural context
  • The translators
  • Elements of Galician translator biographies
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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