Retrospective and Introspective Think-Aloud Protocols in Translation Quality Assessment: A Qual-Quan Mixed Methods Research

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Samaneh  Heidari ¹ (MA in Translation Studies, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch)
Natasha  Pourdana ² (Assistant Professor of TEFL, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch)
Gholamhasan  Famil Khalili ³ (Assistant Professor of TEFL, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch)

Received: 2020-02-15 Accepted : 2020-02-15 Published : 2019-10-01

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