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Translation and power: A Hong Kong case study

Pages 259-274 | Published online: 28 Apr 2010

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  • 1998 . paper first presented at the ‘4th Language International Conference on Teaching and Interpreting: Building Bridges’ . December 1998 , Shanghai.

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