A theoretical framework and empirical examination of the effects of foreign and translated interface language

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-13

  Tractinsky, Noam ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED LANGUAGE TRANSLATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; USER INTERFACES;

INTERFACE LANGUAGES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0033993124     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290050086345a     Document Type: Article

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