How do language professionals organize themselves? An overview of translation networks

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Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 793-815

  McDonough, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Online communities; Professional associations; Strong ties; Translation networks; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249158951     PISSN: 00260452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/017697ar     Document Type: Article

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