Between the lines: Totalitarianism and translation in the USSR

Benjamins Translation Library

Volumn 89, Issue , 2011, Pages 149-170

  Witt, Susanna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85036019838     PISSN: 09297316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/btl.89.13wit     Document Type: Article

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