A cross-national overview of translator and interpreter certification procedures

Translation and Interpreting

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-65

  Hlavac, Jim ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certification; Interpreting standards; Translation and interpreting testing; Translation and interpreting training; Translation standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877310981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18369324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12807/ti.105201.2013.a02     Document Type: Review

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