Learning localization through trans-atlantic collaboration: Bridging the gap

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 401-411

  Mousten, Birthe ^a   Maylath, Bruce ^b   Vandepitte, Sonia ^c   Humbley, John ^d  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Editing; exchange; localization; negotiation; power; translation standards

Indexed keywords

EDITING; EXCHANGE; LOCALISATION; MATCHINGS; NEGOTIATION; POWER; PROCESS DYNAMICS; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION; TRANSLATION STANDARD;

TEACHING;

EID: 78649590484     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2010.2077481     Document Type: Article

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