Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation最新文献

Studying literary translations in periodicals 在期刊上学习文学翻译

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00345.won

Ka Ki Wong

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Review of Wang & Sawyer (2023): Machine Learning in Translation Wang &索耶(2023):翻译中的机器学习

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00341.tek

Kizito Tekwa

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Danmu-assisted learning through back translation 通过反向翻译的丹木辅助学习

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00338.che

Xuemei Chen

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Technology preparedness and translator training 技术准备和翻译培训

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00335.ven

Hari Venkatesan

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Power dynamics in Egypt’s censorship of Gibran’s The Prophet 埃及审查纪伯伦《先知》的权力动态

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00339.ali

Hisham M. Ali

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Rewriting the Indian other 改写印度的其他

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00336.ham

Mohammed Hamdan

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From classical to cosmopolitan 从古典到世界主义

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00337.geo

Anna George

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Review of Ruiz Rosendo & Todorova (2022): Interpreter Training in Conflict and Post-Conflict Scenarios Ruiz Rosendo & Todorova(2022):冲突和冲突后情景下的口译培训综述

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1075/babel.23039.kla

Ondřej Klabal

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Do education and the labor market speak the same language? 教育和劳动力市场是同一种语言吗?

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-07-25 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00325.agu

Natividad Aguayo-Arrabal

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Automated translation and pragmatic force 自动化翻译和语用力

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Babel-Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI: 10.1075/babel.00328.val

R. Valdeón

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