Who said low status? A study on factors affecting the perception of translator status

Journal of Specialised Translation

Volumn , Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2-36

  Dam, Helle V ^a   Zethsen, Karen Korning ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Company translators; Status parameters; Status perceptions; The translation profession; Translator status

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651349139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1740357X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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