Title: From Interpersonal Ethics to Human-Machine Ethics: An Exploration Into Translation Ethics in the Era of ChatGPT

Abstract: Since its launch at the end of November 2022, ChatGPT has become popular worldwide and has been widely used in translation practice, teaching, and research. This study reviews the development and evolution of translation ethics, analyzes the ethical risks posed by ChatGPT in terms of creativity, translator subjectivity, and data security, and proposes the establishment of a sound regulatory mechanism, the enhancement of translators’ technological ethics literacy, the training of searching quotient and inquiry quotient, and the construction of a healthy human-machine ethical environment to achieve ethical governance of technology.

Keywords: human-machine ethics, ChatGPT, translation ethics

Authors: Chengzhi Zhang, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages College, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China; Chunliang Zhang, Associate Professor, Foreign Studies College, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.