Transmission loss and remediation of coming of age ethics: Narrative deviations and ethical failures in the intelligent translation of Wu Yan’s China Orbit
成长伦理的传递损耗与矫治路径：吴岩《中国轨道号》智能译介中的叙事偏差与伦理失守

摘要

随着大语言模型日渐运用于儿童文学海外传播，中国原创儿童科幻智能译介的伦理风险逐步显现，中国式成长伦理的跨语完整传递，成为值得关注的译介议题。本文依托文学伦理学批评与切斯特曼翻译伦理，以《中国轨道号》为案例，探究人机协同翻译对同伴互助、集体奉献等儿童核心伦理叙事造成的损耗与偏差。模型对儿童伦理与本土文化感知不足，叠加译者受商业限制仅做基础校对，容易改写集体叙事、删减人物成长心理细节，造成伦理表达缺失。针对实际语境当中出现的伦理偏差提出译者伦理校对流程重构、叙事识别模型优化、翻译补偿系统化应用三方面优化方案。同时兼顾翻译效率与伦理完整度，以期助力保留国产儿童科幻的精神内核，帮助海外少年读者读懂文本蕴含的本土成长价值。

Abstract

As Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly employed in the international dissemination of children’s literature, the ethical risks associated with AI-mediated translation of original Chinese children’s science fiction have become progressively salient. The complete cross-linguistic transmission of Chinese-style growth ethics has accordingly emerged as a pressing issue in translation studies. Based in Ethical Literary Criticism and Chesterman’s ethics of translation, this study takes China Orbit as a paradigmatic case to examine the erosion and deviation inflicted upon core ethical narratives in children’s literature, such as peer solidarity and collective dedication, within human–AI collaborative translation workflows. The analysis demonstrates that the inadequate perceptual capacity of LLMs regarding children’s ethics and indigenous cultural nuances, compounded by translators’ commercially constrained engagement in merely elementary proofreading, tends to result in the rewriting of collective narratives and the elision of psychological details pertaining to character development, thereby precipitating a deficit in ethical expression. In response to the ethical deviations identified in actual translational contexts, this paper proposes a tripartite optimization framework encompassing: the reconstruction of ethical proofreading workflows for translators, the refinement of narrative recognition models, and the systematic application of translation compensation strategies. By reconciling translational efficiency with ethical integrity, this research seeks to preserve the spiritual essence of domestic children’s science fiction and facilitate overseas young readers’ comprehension of the indigenous growth values embedded in the source texts.