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Tangible translation: Migration and materiality
Edited by Andrea Ciribuco and Anne O’Connor
[Translation and Interpreting Studies 17:1] 2022
► pp. 1–13
Introduction

Translating the object, objects in translation

Theoretical and methodological notes on migration and materiality

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Article outline
  • Why ‘tangible translation’?
  • Objects and languages
  • Translating the object
  • Tangible translation
  • Conclusion: Narrating the object
  • Note
  • References


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Published online: 5 July 2022
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