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A History of Modern Translation Knowledge: Sources, concepts, effects
Edited by Lieven D’hulst and Yves Gambier
[Benjamins Translation Library 142] 2018
► pp. 443–448

Chapter 7.5
Translation ethics

Keywords: ethics, fidelity, alterity, loyalty, responsibility
Article outline
  • 1.Basic issues
  • 2.Evolution and variation
  • 3.An example
  • 4.Some open questions
  • References
  • Further reading
Published online: 28 June 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.142.62che
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Further reading

Baker, Mona
2006 Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account. London/New York: Routledge.Google Scholar
McDonough Dolmaya, Julie
2011 “The Ethics of Crowdsourcing.” Linguistica Antverpiensia 10: 97–111.Google Scholar
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Special issues 2001, 7 (2), The Return to Ethics; 2012, 18 (2), Non-professionals Translating and Interpreting: Participatory and Engaged Perspectives; and 2010, 16 (2), Translation and Violent Conflict.
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