Titel
Towards an ethical framework for evaluating paid translation crowdsourcing and its consequences
Abstract
The emergence of new technological tools for translating online has potential wide-reaching impacts for translators and the industry. However, very little research has so far systematically analysed the ethical dimension of such practices. To this end, this paper proposes an ethical framework to evaluate the consequences of translation platforms that use paid crowdsourcing on translators and clients. Based on the values that inform a good life, the paper proposes the use of multiple ethical principles: beneficence and non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice, to consider the different outcomes of the use of crowdsourcing platforms. Applying this framework to paid crowdsourcing platforms, the findings suggest that the translators’ well-being and respect for their autonomy are undermined by platforms in several ways, while clients stand to gain from their use.
Stichwort
Crowdsourcingethicsconsequentialismtranslation platformsonline
collaborative translation
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2044739
Erschienen in
Titel
The Translator
ISSN
1355-6509
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Seitenanfang
1
Seitenende
16
Publication
Informa UK Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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