By 'trial and error': A report on a national survey on the situation and perceptions of court interpreters in Malaysia

This paper is derived from a lengthier report (Zubaidah 1999) submitted to the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court and to the University of Malaya Research and Development Unit in 1999, whose assistance which is gratefully acknowledged enabled the research to be conducted. It presents the results...

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Main Author: Zubaidah Ibrahim
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
Online Access:https://samudera.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3799
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