Abstract:By means of four independent questionnaire-based studies we have studied the status of Danish company, agency, freelance and EU translators. A general picture has emerged from our empirical data: translators see themselves as having relatively low status, they consider themselves to be experts, but they do not feel recognized as such. Inspired by Abdallah and Koskinen's (2007) network-based production model of translation (based on Barabási's 2002 network model) we investigate and discuss how this picture, eme… Show more
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