Abstract

Ethics in Intercultural Communication: The Case of Translation. Signo pensam. [online]. 2009, vol.28, n.55, pp.108-123. ISSN 0120-4823.

This paper aims at discussing how it is possible to devise a translation ethics that allows for the analysis and description of the problem of translation fidelity within a theoretical framework that surpasses the traditional antinomy between free and literal translation. First, a historical review is made of fidelity as a locus communis present in some classical authors in translation studies. Then the two major trends in modern translation theory (linguistic and cultural/ literary) are described. In the linguistic approach the concept of equivalence is discussed as a correlation of translation fidelity and in the cultural approach several socio-cultural theories are reviewed

Keywords : Translation ethics,; translation as intercultural communication,; translation fidelity,; translation equivalence,; Dynamic Translation Model (DTM).; Translations-Moral and ethical aspects; Intercultural communication; Business ethics.

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