Translation Challenges in the Localization of Web Applications
@inproceedings{delaCova2016TranslationCI, title={Translation Challenges in the Localization of Web Applications}, author={Elena de-la-Cova}, year={2016} }
espanolEste estudio preliminar tiene como objetivo explorar la naturaleza de los desafios a los que los traductores se enfrentan cuando se embarcan en un proyecto de localizacion de una aplicacion web. Dado que la localizacion es una actividad condicionada por tiempo, procesos y recursos economicos, los traductores tienen que poner en marcha todas sus competencias para superar los muchos desafios impuestos por el texto fuente y por el proceso de localizacion en si. En este estudio, se ha…
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