"...waterlogged somewhere in mid-Atlantic." Why American readers need intralingual translation but don't often get it

TTR: Traduction, Terminologie et Redaction

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-270

  Denton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural embeddedness; Intralingual translation; Knowledge schemata; Pluricentric language; Transatlantic communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949115043     PISSN: 08358443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/018826ar     Document Type: Article

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