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In:Missionary Linguistics V / Lingüística Misionera V: Translation theories and practices
Edited by Otto Zwartjes, Klaus Zimmermann and Martina Schrader-Kniffki
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 122] 2014
► pp. 161–200

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Sins and Crimes

Zapotec-Spanish translation in Catholic evangelization and colonial law in Oaxaca, New Spain

Published online: 9 April 2014
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