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Literary Translator Studies
Edited by Klaus Kaindl, Waltraud Kolb and Daniela Schlager
[Benjamins Translation Library 156] 2021
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Chapter 11
Mediating the female transla(u)t(h)orial posture

Elisabeth Wolff-Bekker

| KU Leuven – Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO)
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • The transla(u)t(h)or’s middle voice
  • Mediating Gender
  • Mediating authorship
  • Mediating (inter)national authority
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 3 May 2021
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