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In a context of an increasingly fierce competition driven by a market economy and globalisation, by the politicization of almost all sectors, academic studies and applied sciences, including translation studies, must respond to the constant changes and challenges. First, the widespread use of new technologies which embraces all forms of learning has made employers and employees keep up with the technological, economic and social progress. Second, the complex world crisis and its challenges makes all actors involved interdependent and dependent on the way they perform and interrelate. This means that more than ever before, teaching and learning depend on the way knowledge is transmitted and competences and skills are formed. Translations, in particular specialized translations, are deeply rooted in both the global transformations of our society and in the progress of new technologies. To these two components we must add a third, perhaps the most relevant one, the advancements of translatology. It is, thus, with a view to serving these prerequisites and purposes that the present book has been written. |
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