Ethics Of Translators
Questions to be answered after watching Anthony Pym's talk at the conference Profession, Identity and Status , Translators and Interpreters as an Occupational Group (March 15/19/09, Tel Aviv University & Bar Ilan University)On the ethics of translators' interventions 1 http://www. Youtube. Com/user/AnthonyPym#p/a/u/0/8QpDfVC0Di0
- 1.Why is the issue of ethics a key element?
- A.
Because three speakers mentioned it beforehand.
- B.
Because it is essential for the formation of the profession, it gives identity to its practitioners.
- C.
Because it relates to work conditions and can exclude people from the profession.
- 2.The question of ethics in most professions concerns many things, such as ___________, ______________.
- 3.The question of ethics in translating and interpreting in particular concerns first ....
- 4.Why is trust an important element in the interpreting/translating interactions?
- A.
Because we always trust someone with a higher technical knowledge.
- B.
The intermediary (translator or interpreter) must be trusted by the other two parties to be doing a good job, because the third parties haven't got control over the interpreter/translator's performance.
- C.
It happens with all professions
- 5.Intervention is a very problematic term in relation to _______.
- 6.Most profesions should be ______, ________ and not intervene.
- 7.The code of ethics says translators must not intervene in the text, they must stick to the principles of neutrality , fidelity and equivalence. Pym gives examples of active intervention, not always made consciously, but in the pursuit of a better more creative accessible translation. What are thee examples?.
- 8.Can intervention be ethical? Pym answers this question with examples. What does he say about translating the word normalisation in the context of The Road to Peace talks.
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