Translators and translation technology: The "dance of agency"

Translation Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-357

  Olohan, Maeve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

human agency; material agency; science and technology studies (STS); sociology of science; translation memory; Translation technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961059630     PISSN: 14781700     EISSN: 17512921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14781700.2011.589656     Document Type: Review

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