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A professional can be a university teacher, an editor, a critic, a reviewer, etc., who has acquired special knowledge of literary translation. This paper studies professionals within a "literary translation system".

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Lefevere, an influential scholar, considers that professionals play an important part in the literary system. but he talks about professionals with a "literary system". This paper will explore professionals within a "literary translation system", in which the focus is translators and translations.

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This paper gives a definition on "professional" and further explores the interaction between translators and professionals through a case study in China.

Dr. Liping Bai
Lingnan University

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This page is a summary of: Professionals and translation in a “literary translation system”, Babel Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation / Revista Internacional de Traducción, December 2016, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/babel.62.4.02lip.
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