The tension between adequacy and acceptability in legal interpreting and translation

Benjamins Translation Library

Volumn 87, Issue , 2009, Pages 37-54

  Ng, Eva N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85106166679     PISSN: 09297316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/btl.87.04ng     Document Type: Chapter

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