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In:Literary Translator Studies
Edited by Klaus Kaindl, Waltraud Kolb and Daniela Schlager
[Benjamins Translation Library 156] 2021
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Chapter 5
“Hemingway’s priorities were just different”

Self-concepts of literary translators

 | University of Vienna
Published online: 3 May 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.156.05kol
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Voice and self-concept
  • Methodology
  • Analysis and discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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