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“Translators Struggle to Prove Their Academic Bona Fides”

January 20, 2010

There has been a lot of lip service paid to translation lately. The Modern Language Association made translation the official theme of its 2009 convention, and university-affiliated presses such as Dalkey Archive and Open Letter have made publishing literature in translation their guiding principle. What's life like for a translator who wants to have an academic career?

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