Proposal for a Hieronymic Oath

Chesterman, Andrew

doi:10.1080/13556509.2001.10799097

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“…Translators have professional responsibilities, which Pym (2012:76-81) sets out as having essentially three dimensions: responsibility to the content of the text, responsibility to the client, and responsibility to the profession. These three responsibilities echo the conventional delimitation of professional codes of ethics, and also overlap to a large degree with Chesterman's (2001) ethics of representation and ethics of service.…”

Section: Professional Ethics In Translationmentioning

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“…Lastly, Chesterman distinguishes a norm-based ethics, which is premised on the idea that norms encode the ethical values held at a particular time in a particular society, and that ethical behaviour therefore equates to behaving in accordance with these norms as socially sanctioned expectations (Chesterman 2001:141). Chesterman (2001) argues that these four models are each, in their own way, problematic, and may furthermore be incompatible, since they highlight different ethical values, and are based on different basic kinds of ethics. The service and norm-based ethics are primarily contractual ethics, whereas the representation and communication models are based on utilitarian ethics (Chesterman 2001:143).…”

Section: Professional Ethics In Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The service and norm-based ethics are primarily contractual ethics, whereas the representation and communication models are based on utilitarian ethics (Chesterman 2001:143). Chesterman's (2001) own formulation of an ethical code for translation is based on a kind of virtue ethics, where the most important virtue is the commitment to striving for excellence in translation, to being a good translator (Chesterman 2001:147), combined with other virtues such as fairness, truthfulness, trustworthiness, empathy and determination (Chesterman 2001:147). Pym (2000Pym ( , 2012, too, believes that there are limits to the translator's professional responsibility: "In general, then, there is no need for translators to claim (or be attributed with) any commitment to the content of what they are translating.…”

Section: Professional Ethics In Translationmentioning

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“…In the second instance, the survey aimed to investigate why respondents selected particular strategies, and indirectly how they view their ethical responsibility. Following Chesterman's (2001) basic distinction, reasons for the selection of translation strategies were categorised as informed primarily by either personal or professional ethics. (The distinction drawn between personal and professional ethics in the study, and how it was communicated to respondents, are discussed in more detail in sections 2.3, 3.3.1 and 3.3.2.)…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Professional and personal ethics in translation: A survey of South African translators’ translation strategies and motivations

Kruger

Crots

2014

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The aim of the study reported on in this article was to explore South African translators' responses to various kinds of ethically contentious material at the textual level, in the context of particular text types and hypothetical translation situations. The study made use of a survey design based primarily on closed-ended questions, administered to an availability sample of 31 South African translators drawn from the membership of the South African Translators' Institute (SATI). The survey was, in the first instance, designed to solicit respondents' opinions regarding which translation strategies they would most likely select to deal with particular kinds of ethical challenges. In order to better understand the factors affecting the selection of translation strategies, the impact of two translator factors (experience and age) and two text factors (text type and type of ethical problem) was investigated. In the second instance, the survey aimed to investigate why respondents selected particular strategies, and indirectly how they view their ethical responsibility. To this end, possible reasons for the selection of specific translation strategies were formulated and categorised as primarily influenced by either personal or professional ethics. In addition to this overall analysis, the study analysed differences in the role of personal and professional ethics depending on the type of ethical problem, the type of text, respondents' age, and different levels of translation experience. The findings of the study suggest an overwhelming preference for faithful translation, but also reveal an interplay between personal and professional ethics as the motivation for this choice, with some differences across text type and kind of ethical problem. It appears that experience leads to a greater preference for both faithful translation strategies and a stronger influence of professional ethics. However, the data also suggest that age and/or generational differences may play a role in the selection of translation strategies, as well as in the effect of personal and professional ethics, with the oldest and youngest respondents in the sample more likely to opt for strategies other than faithful translation, motivated more frequently by personal rather than professional ethics.

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Section: Professional Ethics In Translationmentioning

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Section: Professional Ethics In Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Professional Ethics In Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Professional and personal ethics in translation: A survey of South African translators’ translation strategies and motivations

Kruger

Crots

2014

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“…The outline was provided by Pym (2001) and based on Chesterman (2001). In it, Pym maps out four separate approaches.…”

Section: Four Ethical Approachesmentioning

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Is Fidelity Ethical?

Clifford

2006

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This article explores the conduit model so often promoted in community interpreting and its connection with ethical behaviour. The author begins by exploring the origin of the model and the pathways through which it came to be applied in community interpreting. He then considers the model against the backdrop of competing ethical approaches and questions why it continues to be promoted in the face of mounting evidence of its shortcomings. Finally, he presents new information derived from interviews with stakeholders in the healthcare sector. The author argues that this information indicates practitioners may be willing to work with interpreters who take on a wider role, and he concludes by underlining the need to recognize the complexity in the work interpreters do.

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Werner

2019

Handbook of the Changing World Language Map

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Proposal for a Hieronymic Oath

Cited by 162 publications

References 6 publications

Professional and personal ethics in translation: A survey of South African translators’ translation strategies and motivations

Professional and personal ethics in translation: A survey of South African translators’ translation strategies and motivations

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