Perceived benefits of translator certification to stakeholders in the translation profession: A survey of vendor managers

Across Languages and Cultures

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-113

  Chan, Andy ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; Information economics; Professionalization; Signalling; Translation profession; Translator certification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952707985     PISSN: 15851923     EISSN: 15882519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/Acr.11.2010.1.6     Document Type: Article

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