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Introduction published In: Methodological Issues in Experimental Research in Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility
Edited by Gian Maria Greco, Anna Jankowska and Agnieszka Szarkowska
[Translation Spaces 11:1] 2022
► pp. 1–11

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Introduction

Addressing methodological issues in experimental research in audiovisual translation

ORCiD logo with link | University of Macerata
ORCiD logo with link | University of Antwerp
ORCiD logo with link | University of Warsaw
Published online: 4 November 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.00030.int
Article outline
  • 1.The experimental turn in audiovisual translation
  • 2.Some peculiarities and challenges of the object of study
  • 3.Problematising the experimental turn in AVT
  • 4.Straightening out the Experimental Turn in AVT
  • Notes
  • References
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