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This chapter contextualizes translation styles in terms of CTIS and discusses how the investigation of translation styles using the eye-tracking methodology fits into the field. The chapter reviews the major issues and findings adopting the major research approaches to CTIS in Sect. 2.1 and outlines the four major research approaches to CTIS in Sect. 2.2. The topic of translation styles in the context of CTIS is related in Sect. 2.3.

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Su, W. (2020). Issues and Approaches to CTIS. In: Eye-Tracking Processes and Styles in Sight Translation. New Frontiers in Translation Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5675-3_2

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