Research cooperation between academic and nonacademic institutions tends not
to concern the humanities, where mutual financial rewards are mostly not in evidence.
The study of eight nonacademic placements of doctoral researchers working on
interlingual translation nevertheless indicates some degree of success. It is found that the
placements lead to ongoing cooperation when the following conditions are met: 1) the
nature of the placement is understood and relations of trust are established; 2) mutual
benefits are envisaged; and 3) there are prior arrangements for receiving visiting
researchers. A placement can nevertheless be successful when one of the last two factors
is missing. Further, the measure of success for placements in the humanities should
concern social and symbolic benefits, in addition to financial profits.