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Developing multilingual automatic semantic annotation systems. / Löfberg, Laura; Rayson, Paul.
Advances in Empirical Translation Studies: Developing Translation Resources and Technologies. ed. / Meng Ji; Michael Oakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. p. 94-109.

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Löfberg, L & Rayson, P 2019, Developing multilingual automatic semantic annotation systems. in M Ji & M Oakes (eds), Advances in Empirical Translation Studies: Developing Translation Resources and Technologies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 94-109. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525695.006

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Löfberg, L., & Rayson, P. (2019). Developing multilingual automatic semantic annotation systems. In M. Ji, & M. Oakes (Eds.), Advances in Empirical Translation Studies: Developing Translation Resources and Technologies (pp. 94-109). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525695.006

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Löfberg L, Rayson P. Developing multilingual automatic semantic annotation systems. In Ji M, Oakes M, editors, Advances in Empirical Translation Studies: Developing Translation Resources and Technologies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019. p. 94-109 doi: 10.1017/9781108525695.006

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Löfberg, Laura ; Rayson, Paul. / Developing multilingual automatic semantic annotation systems. Advances in Empirical Translation Studies: Developing Translation Resources and Technologies. editor / Meng Ji ; Michael Oakes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. pp. 94-109

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