Translators sometimes see ethics as a luxury they can't afford. As one anonymous contributor to a recent LinkedIn discussion on the topic put it, "I would currently translate anything as long as I know I'm getting my price and will not end up on a watch list or get arrested." For others, ethics are simply irrelevant. They are genuinely surprised when ethics is mentioned in relation to translation and fail to see any connection between the two. Both views are common among translation students.
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