Effects of think aloud on translation speed, revision, and segmentation

Jakobsen, Arnt Lykke

doi:10.1075/btl.45.08jak

In:Triangulating Translation: Perspectives in process oriented research
Edited by Fabio Alves
[Benjamins Translation Library 45] 2003
► pp. 69–95

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Effects of think aloud on translation speed, revision, and segmentation

Arnt Lykke Jakobsen | Copenhagen Business School

Published online: 24 November 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.45.08jak

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