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Legal and institutional translation: Functions, processes, competences
Edited by Fernando Prieto Ramos
[Target 33:2] 2021
► pp. 175–182
Introduction

Legal and institutional translation

Functions, processes, competences

| University of Geneva
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction: Diversification of themes, contexts and methods
  • 2.Legal translation and revision processes and competences
  • 3.Functions and implications of institutional legal translation
  • 4.Closing remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References


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Published online: 30 July 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.21085.pri
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