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Edited by Cecilia Alvstad and Alexandra Assis Rosa
[Target 27:1] 2015
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Introduction

Voice in retranslation

An overview and some trends

 | University of Oslo
 | University of Lisbon
Published online: 9 February 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/target.27.1.00int
Article outline
  • 1.On voice
  • 2.On retranslation
    • 2.1“What?”
    • 2.2“Who?”
    • 2.3“When?”
    • 2.4“Where?”
    • 2.5“Why?”
    • 2.6“How?”
  • 3.Profiling voice in retranslation
  • 4.More on this special issue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note
  • References
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