翻译的承诺伦理之透视

Perspective of Translational Ethics of Commitment

切斯特曼提出的翻译的承诺伦理,旨在解决再现伦理、服务伦理、交际伦理和规范伦理之间的不兼容现象。该伦理模式下的承诺只是译者单方面的承诺,而翻译中的承诺应该是双向的。在译者向原文作者、委托人、译文读者做出承诺的同时,这些与译者翻译活动息息相关的行为主体也应向译者做出承诺。只有这样,译者才能在这些主体发生利益冲突时充分发挥协调功能。承诺伦理模式没能从根本上解决它准备解决的问题。

Translational ethics of commitment, put forth by Andrew Chesterman in the form of Hieronymic Oath aims to deal with the incompatibility between the ethics of representation, of service, of communication and norm--based ethics. However, it fails to fulfill its task because the commitment this model advocates is unidirectional, but the commitment in the practice of translation should be bidirectional. While the translator makes commitments to the original writer, the client and the target readers, these agents who are closely tied to the translator＇s work should make their respective commitments to the translator. This is of vital importance to the translator to function as an efficient mediator when the conflicts between these agents occur.