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Jeux esthétiques de la traduction Éthique (s), techniques et pratiques traductionnelles / Translation: stakes and esthetic games Ethics, translation techniques and practices / Übersetzen: Implikation und ästhetische Spiele Ethos und Ethik, Technik und Praxis des Übersetzens / La traducción: retos y juegos estéticos Ética y éticas, técnicas y prácticas de traducción / La traduzione: finalità e giochi estetici Etica ed etiche, tecniche e prattiche della traduzione
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Published Online: May 28, 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2014-0027
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The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the fact that when it comes to the translation of contemporary Italian fiction into Romanian, obscene and indecent language is being censored. Terms like ethics of reading, ethics of translation or decency will be discussed in order to find an answer to the question posed by the legitimacy of censorship in the name of decency, differently understood, in this particular case, by the translator and the author or the readers. The inadequacy of not translating obscene language will be demonstrated using textual analysis techniques.