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Opera in Translation: Unity and diversity
Edited by Adriana Şerban and Kelly Kar Yue Chan
[Benjamins Translation Library 153] 2020
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Introduction

Translation and the world of opera

| Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3
| The Open University of Hong Kong
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Published online: 29 October 2020
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