Translator status: A study of Danish company translators

Translator

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-96

  Dam, Helle V ^a   Zethsen, Karen Korning ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Company translators; Occupational prestige; Sociology of translation; Translator status

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049091544     PISSN: 13556509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2008.10799250     Document Type: Article

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