Vermeer, Hans J. 1996. A Skopos Theory of Translation: (Some Arguments For and Against)

Chesterman, Andrew

doi:10.1075/target.10.1.09che

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Vol. 10:1 (1998) ► pp.155–159

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Vermeer, Hans J. 1996. A Skopos Theory of Translation: (Some Arguments For and Against)

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Andrew Chesterman | Helsinki

Published online: 1 January 1998

https://doi.org/10.1075/target.10.1.09che

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References

Gutt, Ernst-August. 1991. Translation and Relevance: Cognition and Context. Oxford: Blackwell.

Holz-Mänttäri, Justa. 1984. Translatorisches Handeln: Theorie und Methode. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakate1ia.

Toury, Gideon. 1995. Descriptive Translation Studies and beyond. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Vermeer, Hans J. 1989. “Skopos and Commission in Translational Action”. Andrew Chesterman, ed. Readings in Translation Theory. Helsinki: Finnlectura, 1989. 173–200.

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