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Preliminary norms in the selection of children's books for translation in South Africa

Haidee Kruger School of Languages, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, PO Box 1174, Vanderbijlpark, 1900, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 293-311 | Published online: 11 Jan 2012

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  • Children's books For children's books, see Note 10 for information on the abbreviations used to distinguish source and target texts, as well as the language of the text referred to. Information on illustrators and translators is included where available to the researcher.
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