Authenticity in accreditation tests for interpreters in China

Interpreter and Translator Trainer

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-273

  Chen, Jing ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Authenticity; Interpreting; Task characteristics; Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950769847     PISSN: 1750399X     EISSN: 17570417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1750399X.2009.10798791     Document Type: Article

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