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Vol. 6:1 (2008) ► pp.75–104

Towards a Functional Translation Strategy for Minor Languages

The case of Greek

| Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Ionian University, Greece |
Keywords: Minor-major languages, functionalism, translation brief, source-language intensive language, minor translation strategy
Published online: 1 April 2008
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