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In Real Time 实时

IF 0.5 3区文学

TRANSLATION REVIEW Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/07374836.2023.2179290

Shene Mohammed

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Imagined Community as a Solution to a Paradoxical Translation 想象共同体:一种解决矛盾翻译的方法

IF 0.5 3区文学

TRANSLATION REVIEW Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/07374836.2023.2179797

J. Richie

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Introduction to This Special Issue on Translation as Community 本期“翻译共同体”特刊简介

IF 0.5 3区文学

TRANSLATION REVIEW Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/07374836.2023.2179288

Clare Sullivan

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The Intimate Presence of the Other: An Interview with Margaret Sayers Peden 《他人的亲密存在:玛格丽特·塞耶斯·佩登访谈录

IF 0.5 3区文学

TRANSLATION REVIEW Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1080/07374836.2022.2066353

James Hoggard

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The Translator’s Voice: An Interview With Gregory Rabassa 译者的声音:对格雷戈里·拉巴萨的采访