How to be a (recognized) translator: Rethinking habitus, norms, and the field of translation

Target

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-26

  Sela Sheffy, Rakefet ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural professional groups; Field; Habitus; Israeli translators; Norms; Translation as an occupation; Translators

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248708148     PISSN: 09241884     EISSN: 15699986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/target.17.1.02sel     Document Type: Article

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