Technology and the translation profession Anthony Pym Intercultural

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Ignacio García (forthcoming) “A t-test on the marks awarded for Tests 1 and 2

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Ignacio García (forthcoming) “A t-test on the marks awarded for Tests 1 and 2 by Marker A found that overall, the difference between MT and ST was highly significant. For Marker B, the mean difference between pairs of ST and MT is not significantly different - yet the result from MT is not worse than the result from ST, meaning that the hypothesis is still supported. ” © Intercultural Studies Group

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