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THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRANSLATORS国际翻译工作者联合会THE TRANSLATOR’S CHARTER翻译工作者宪章 (Approved by the Congress at Dubrovnik in 1963, and amended in Oslo on July 9, 1994)本宪章于1963年9月在杜布罗夫尼克（南斯拉夫）召开的国际翻译工作者联合会（国际译联）第四次代表大会上通过，1994年7月9日在挪威奥斯陆修订。The International Federation of Translators 国际翻译工作者联合会noting认为，that translation has established itself as a permanent, universal and necessary activity in the world of today; that by making intellectual and material exchanges possible among nations it enriches their life and contributes to a better understanding amongst men;翻译工作在当代世界被看作是一种经常、普遍和必不可少的活动形式；翻译工作能够使各国人民进行精神与物质上的交流，丰富各国人民的生活，促进人们之间的了解；that in spite of the various circumstances under which it is practised translation must now be recognized as a distinct and autonomous profession; and尽管从事翻译工作的环境各有不同，但当前必须把翻译工作看作是一种固定、独立的职业。 desiring 希望to lay down, as a formal document, certain general principles inseparably connected with the profession of translating, particularly for the purpose of以正式文件的形式，阐明与翻译工作者的职业密切相关的几项共同原则，以便 - stressing the social function of translation,着重指出翻译工作的社会职能， - laying down the rights and duties of translators,明确翻译工作者的权利和义务， - laying the basis of a translator’s code of ethics,奠定翻译工作者道德规范的基础， - improving the economic conditions and social climate in which the translator carries out his activity, and改善翻译工作者从事翻译工作的经济条件与社会环境， - recommending certain lines of conduct for translators and their professional organizations, and to contribute in this way to the recognition of translation as a distinct and autonomous profession,为翻译工作者及其职业团体提供某些活动方针，借以肯定翻译工作是一种固定、独立的职业。 announces the text of a charter proposed to serve as guiding principles for the exercise of the profession of translator.有鉴于此，国际翻译工作者联合会特公布本宪章，作为翻译工作者从事翻译活动的指针。 SECTION I GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE TRANSLATOR第一章 翻译工作者的义务 1. Translation, being an intellectual activity, the object of which is the transfer of literary, scientific and technical texts from