Ergonomics of the Translation Workplace: Potential for Cognitive Friction:

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen; O'Brien, Sharon

doi:10.1075/ts.4.1.05ehr

Article published in:

Translation as a cognitive activity
Edited by Fabio Alves, Amparo Hurtado Albir and Isabel Lacruz
[Translation Spaces 4:1] 2015
► pp. 98–118

Ergonomics of the Translation Workplace

Potential for Cognitive Friction

Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow

Sharon O'Brien

Published online: 22 October 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.4.1.05ehr

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