【摘要】 人工智能和翻译技术的迅猛发展,给高校翻译专业人才培养带来挑战和机遇。将翻译技术纳入MTI笔译教学提高了学生的工具能力,但同时也带来译者诸多翻译技能优势被削减等问题。文章从一篇汉语宣传性材料的英译作业出发,基于对作业中主要问题的分析研究,从技术伦理的视角探讨了技术应用背景下MTI学生笔译技能与综合素质培养亟需关注的问题,以期为进一步探索新时期高校翻译人才培养和MTI教学实践的有效路径提供思路和启示。更多还原

【Abstract】 The application of translation technologies may lead to the following alienation risks: the weakening human translation skills in translators, the dwarfed spiritual value of translation,the suppressed creativity in the generation of language,the increasing invisibility of the translator, and the more complicated relationship between the translator, the market and the parties concerned. This tendency is increasingly felt in translator training in China ’s universities, particularly in MTI education which is more market-oriented. Applying translation technologies in MTI classes has improved students’ tool abilities, and it has, however, caused such problems as the inactiveness of thinking and imagination, the weakening of language skills,subjectivity, creativity and other human skills in translators. How to respond to the new situations and how to address ethical issues in using technology are questions to be answered in MTI education at present.The study is based on an analysis of the errors found in 41 MTI students’ computer-aided English translation of a Chinese publicity material for a national-level New District in China. The Chinese publicity material is chosen for the study because it usually poses as challenges for translators. Informative but written in a very typical Chinese way,it defies literal translation,requires more pre-editing,more delicate strategy uses and more flexibility to ensure readability and good communication effects. It therefore typically reflects translator qualities and the translator ’s perception of translation. The assessment of the 41 students ’translation work and the error analysis were jointly made by three MTI trainers according to CATTI criteria.Problems found after the analysis include: most students have mediocre Chinese proficiency for translation work though they are all Chinese natives; negative effects of using machine translation occur in different aspects;critical thinking in translating process is lacking;translator thinking based on good theory knowledge is insufficient.The second part of the paper is concerned with how to guarantee both skills training and translator quality education for MTI students in this technology era. The author, from the perspective of technology ethics,proposed solutions to the problems found above and suggested new approaches for more healthy development of MTI education in China’s universities. The proposals include: attaching importance to improving Chinese language proficiency of Chinese students; giving full play to human translation advantages in skills teaching and technology training; conducting effective theory teaching in MTI education to train students’ translator thinking;teaching professional ethics in translation classes,with technology ethics as the emphasis; properly addressing other human issues in technology application to ensure both skills training and humanistic education for young MTI translators.The paper concludes that only when ethical issues are properly addressed can the alienation risks in the future technology applications be reduced. Technology application is inevitable for MTI education,though its negative effects may be complex and multifaceted. It ’s the educators ’ responsibility to foresee problems,take precautions or seek remedial measures to bring the negative effects to a minimum.更多还原