Strategies Available for Translating Persian Epic Poetry: A Case of Shahnameh

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Rasoul Firouzi ¹ , Salar Manafi Anari ²

1 - Allameh Tabataba’i University
2 - Allameh Tabataba’i University

Received: 2018-10-03 Accepted : 2018-10-03 Published : 2018-04-01

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