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Publication details [#11039]

Dollerup, Cay. 1997. Issues today, challenges for tomorrow: translation and English as the international lingua franca. In Labrum, Marian B., ed. The changing scene in world languages: issues and challenges (American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series 9). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 83–106.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

globalisation=globalization=internationalization | influence=impact=effect | lingua franca

Abstract

The present article provides a historical account of the use of lingua franca throughout the world and looks into the implications for translation of the use of English as a lingua franca in the 21st century.

Source : P. Van Mulken