Translators on translation memory (TM). Results of an ethnographic study in three translation services and agencies

Translation and Interpreting

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Le Blanc, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnographic approaches to translation; Translation memory (TM) software; Translation technology; Translator satisfaction; Translator status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881117799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18369324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12807/ti.105202.2013.a01     Document Type: Article

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