This chapter focuses on the challenges encountered on the Ethical Translation project and solutions found to tackle these challenges. It also considers the impact of translating challenging material on language professionals, the research impact of the Ethical Translation project, its limitations and avenues for further research. Susam-Saraeva explains that ‘[t]hroughout the industrialization period in the West and the rise of science as ‘“a belief system”, experiential and subjective knowledge has come to be deemed “inferior” to “expert”, “professional” or “objective” knowledge’ (2020, p. 93). However, disciplines including the medical humanities and social sciences have been questioning this viewpoint and like Susam-Saraeva, I think the field of TIS should also question these preconceived ideas. I therefore ‘invite translators/interpreters to both embrace their subjective/experiential knowledge and be aware of the difficulties involved in remaining open to the subjective/experiential knowledge of others’ (Susam-Saraeva, 2020, p. 93). Moreover, following Alvstad (2020, p. 191), I argue that AVT is as performative as any other types of translation, as AV translators transport texts to new contexts imbuing them with meanings that can be very distinct from those of originals. Considering translation as neutral and faithful reflects a simplistic understanding of the nature and function of translation. It is also a dangerous one. It is thus important to understand that we all come with our own bias, life experience and trauma and that we all bring this into our translation practice as well as our research. Translators and researchers are not impartial and it is crucial to consider the ways in which they work to understand better the full nature of translation and research activities.

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  • Charlotte Bosseaux

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This chapter focuses on the challenges encountered on the Ethical Translation project and solutions found to tackle these challenges. It also considers the impact of translating challenging material on language professionals, the research impact of the Ethical Translation project, its limitations and avenues for further research. Susam-Saraeva explains that ‘[t]hroughout the industrialization period in the West and the rise of science as ‘“a belief system”, experiential and subjective knowledge has come to be deemed “inferior” to “expert”, “professional” or “objective” knowledge’ (2020, p. 93). However, disciplines including the medical humanities and social sciences have been questioning this viewpoint and like Susam-Saraeva, I think the field of TIS should also question these preconceived ideas. I therefore ‘invite translators/interpreters to both embrace their subjective/experiential knowledge and be aware of the difficulties involved in remaining open to the subjective/experiential knowledge of others’ (Susam-Saraeva, 2020, p. 93). Moreover, following Alvstad (2020, p. 191), I argue that AVT is as performative as any other types of translation, as AV translators transport texts to new contexts imbuing them with meanings that can be very distinct from those of originals. Considering translation as neutral and faithful reflects a simplistic understanding of the nature and function of translation. It is also a dangerous one. It is thus important to understand that we all come with our own bias, life experience and trauma and that we all bring this into our translation practice as well as our research. Translators and researchers are not impartial and it is crucial to consider the ways in which they work to understand better the full nature of translation and research activities.