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Translation Tools: An Exploratory Study of their Adoption by UK Freelance Translators

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Fulford, H. Translation Tools: An Exploratory Study of their Adoption by UK Freelance Translators. Machine Translation 16, 219–232 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021910409796

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