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Vol. 13:2 (2015) ► pp.45–68

English as a Lingua Franca in Interpreter-Mediated Criminal Proceedings in Japan

The Issue of Readability of Translated Judgment Texts

| Graduate School of International Studies, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies |
Keywords: English as a lingua franca, criminal proceeding in Japan, judgment text, readability, interpreter-mediated proceedings
Published online: 1 October 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.13.2.03mar
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