Assessing parallel texts in legal translation

Journal of Specialised Translation

Volumn , Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-105

  Leung, Matthew ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bilingual legislation; Legal effect; Legal translation; Parallel legal texts; Translation assessment; Translation effect; Translation pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079152065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1740357X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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