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Translating and literary agenting: Anna Holmwood’s Legends of the Condor Heroes

Hong DiaoSchool of Foreign Languages, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1059-1073 | Received 27 Jul 2021, Accepted 22 Feb 2022, Published online: 09 Mar 2022

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