English as a lingua franca in academia: Combating Epistemicide through Translator Training

Interpreter and Translator Trainer

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-193

  Bennett, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

English academic discourse (EAD); Epistemicide; Resistant Translation; Translator as cultural mediator; Translator training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882426935     PISSN: 1750399X     EISSN: 17570417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2013.10798850     Document Type: Article

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