翻译工作者宪章translators-charter中英文.doc

Translators Charter 翻译工作者宪章 (approved by the Congress at Dubrovnik in 1963, and amended in Oslo on July 9, 1994) （1963年由杜布罗夫尼克大会批准，1994年7月9日修订于奥斯陆） The International Federation of Translators noting 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 that in spite of the various circumstances under which it is practiced translation must now be recognized as a distinct and autonomous profession and desiring to lay down, as a formal document, certain general principles inseparably connected with the profession of translating, particularly for the purpose of - stressing the social function of translation, - laying down the rights and duties of translators, - laying the basis of a translators code of ethics, - improving the economic conditions and social climate in which the translator carries out his activity, and - 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, announces the text of a charter proposed to serve as guiding principles for the exercise of the profession of translator. 国际翻译工作者联合会注意到翻译工作已经成为了当今世界一项长期的、普遍和不可或缺的活动，它使各国之间的知识和物资方面的交流成为可能，从而丰富了各国人民的生活，促进了人民之间的了解；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完全独立的职业。 国际翻译工作者联合会希望以正式文件的形式，阐明与翻译工作者的职业密切相关的几项共同原则，特别是以下的目标：强化翻译工作的社会功能；明确翻译工作者的权利和责任；奠定翻译工作者道德规范的基础；改善翻译工作者工作的经济条件和社会环境；为翻译工作者及其职业团体提供某些行为准则，以有助于让翻译工作成为一种完全独立的职业。 有鉴于此，国际翻译工作者联合会特此发布宪章文本，旨在为专业翻译工作者提供工作指导原则。 Section I GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE TRANSLATOR 第一章 翻译工作者的基本义务 Translation, being an intellectual activity, the object of which is the transfer of literary, scientific and technical texts from one language into another, imposes on those who practice it specific obligations inherent in its very nature. 翻译工作作为一种脑