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Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 5Edited by Yves Gambier and Luc van Doorslaer
[Handbook of Translation Studies 5] 2021
► pp. 227–232
Edited by Yves Gambier and Luc van Doorslaer
[Handbook of Translation Studies 5] 2021
► pp. 227–232
Translating popular fiction
Article outline
- 1.Cultural studies and popular fiction
- 2.Media and genres of popular fiction
- 3.Censorship and popular fiction in translation
- 4.Other research themes in connection with popular fiction in translation
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Further essential reading
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