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Introduction published In: Ethics of Non-Professional Translation and Interpreting
Edited by Esther Monzó-Nebot and Melissa Wallace
[Translation and Interpreting Studies 15:1] 2020
► pp. 1–14

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Introduction

New societies, new values, new demands

Mapping non-professional interpreting and translation, remapping translation and interpreting ethics

ORCiD logo with link | Universitat Jaume I
ORCiD logo with link | University of Texas at San Antonio
Published online: 5 June 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.00046.int
Article outline
  • Non-professional interpreting and translation (NPIT) in the evolution of ITS
  • New ethics and values in ITS (and NPIT)
  • References
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