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Tekijä: | Dam, H.V. Zethsen, K.K. |
Otsikko: | Translator status - A study of Danish company translators |
Lehti: | Translator : Studies in Intercultural Communication
2008 : APR, VOL. 14:1, p. 71-96 |
Asiasana: | languages sociology occupational status translations professions employees companies Scandinavia Nordic countries Denmark |
Kieli: | eng |
Tiivistelmä: | Translator (hereafter as: trl-or./trl-ors.) status is regarded being low. This article deals with the concept of status reporting on the first step of a comprehensive empirical project aimed at investigating the status of professional trl-ors. in various contexts. This study on focus involved a group of trl-ors. working for 13 major Danish companies considered to be at the high end of the status continuum, namely full-time Danish staff trl-ors. with MA qualifications in translation. Four parameters of occupational status are considered: i. salary, ii. education/expertise, iii. fame/visibility, and iv. influence/power. Based on written questionnaires, the analysis deals with the status of trl-ors. as perceived by themselves and their fellow employees. |
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