Introduction
Pandemic, localization and change of guard
Article outline
- 1.COVID-19 global pandemic
- 2.Background: The development of the localization industry
- 3.
JIAL’s trajectory
- 4.Recent doctoral theses centred on localization as currentresearch trends
- 5.Scope of the journal
- 6.Last word
- Do chameleons change their colours? – Hendrik J. Kockaert
- Notes
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References
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