The Effect of Gender and Age on Official Translators’ Familiarity with Universally Accepted Ethical Issues in Translation and their Commitment to them; an Iranian Study

Translation encompasses not only conveying the information from a source language to a target language but also observing some ethical issues that many translation organizations are aware of and inform translators about the required Codes of Ethics in translation. Unfortunately, in Iran, most translators are ignorant of the necessity of such issues and perhaps they are faced with the consequences of such ignorance. The present study analyzed the Iranian official translators’ familiarity and commitment to the ethical principles based on their gender and age along with considering their experience in translation. The question was how and in what manner age and gender influence the official translators’ familiarity and commitment to universally accepted ethics in translation. This study was done on official translators in Iran by means of a questionnaire containing thirty-five questions. The participants’ age, gender and experience were recorded. The results of this study showed that age has a significant relation with the translators’ familiarity and commitment to ethics although gender showed no significant relationship. This study is helpful for the translators to find a more extensive standpoint about translation area as a profession in order to prepare a safe and sound setting to improve translation progress.