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Ethics in the translation industry

Moorkens, Joss orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-4864-5986 and Rocchi, Marta orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-4668-7445 (2021) Ethics in the translation industry. In: Koskinen, Kaisa orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2152-2388 and Pokorn, Nike orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2152-612X, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Ethics. Routledge Translation Handbooks, N/A . Routledge (Taylor & Francis), Abingdon, UK, pp. 320-337. ISBN 9781003127970

Abstract
This chapter focuses on ethical concerns experienced by different stakeholders in the translation industry at various levels in translation production. These stakeholders’ responsibilities and priorities may differ depending on many factors and are strongly influenced by globalisation, a process enabled by translation and one that has transformed the increasingly distributed production networks that carry out translation work. Relationships within these production networks are highly transactional and subject to the competing imperatives of time, cost, and quality. The nature of these networks and interrelationships are also highly dynamic in response to changing technologies employed at different stages of the translation process. Our review of the historical trajectory of the translation industry highlights how perceptions of social responsibility have evolved over time. The sections following look at disparities of power, ownership of resources, training, the importance of trust, and consider environmental and employment sustainability. The final section emphasises emerging ethical issues, such as automation, workplace monitoring, and the challenge of crowdsourcing. The chapter aims to show that the translation industry, while sharing many of the ethical issues of other sectors, needs to be sustained by the development of an ethical reflection specific to the multifaceted reality of this rapidly-changing and global sector.
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Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Business > Business ethics
Humanities > Translating and interpreting
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Research Institutes and Centres > ADAPT
Publisher:Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003127970-24
Copyright Information:© 2021 Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
ID Code:25317
Deposited On:06 Jan 2021 14:38 by Joss Moorkens . Last Modified 01 Jan 2022 04:30
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