Translation quality evaluation: Empirical evidence for a functionalist approach

Translator

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-134

  Colina, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Componential approach; Errors; Evaluation; Functionalism; Quality; Rating; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049138838     PISSN: 13556509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2008.10799251     Document Type: Review

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