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从知识权威到行动许可：以宠物医疗中的转译劳动为例

between “market force moving ahead and institutional frameworks lagging behind”.
Furthermore, the emotional economy has redefined pets as“quasi鄄family member，”
significantly increasing the emotional engagement in veterinary interactions. In light
of this dilemma， this paper introduces the analytical concept of“Translational
Labor”， arguing that professional practitioners must engage in continuous， two鄄way
encoding of meaning in clinical practice. On the one hand， professional language is
encoded into ethical values that align with the audience’s framework through
forward translation， thereby securing the legitimacy of action. On the other hand，
through reverse translation， the overflowing emotional appeals are transformed into
institutionalized contractual expressions， thereby defining the boundaries of risk.
Based on qualitative field research， this paper further identifies three types of
translation strategies in clinical interactions: cognitive translation， identity鄄based
translation and emotional鄄ethical translation. The structural configuration of different
organizational forms also profoundly shapes the preferences for these translation
strategies. At the same time， faced with the inherent contradiction between forward
and reverse translation， practitioners have developed a form of“strategic sincerity”
that both fosters consensus and prevents themselves from suffering emotional fatigue.
This paper argues that the battleground of modern professional jurisdiction is shifting
from the simple monopoly of knowledge to the production of meaning and emotion.
Keywords ： translational labor ， action permission ， strategic sincerity ， veterinary
profession， professional authority

经典职业社会学清晰地勾勒了职业权威的结构性来源。 无论是功
能主义将权威锚定于普遍主义知识与社会信任， 还是冲突论认为其源
于市场封闭与知识垄断，既有理论都倾向于预设一种线性的转化机制，
即专业知识的垄断性自动赋予从业者以发号施令的合法性， 而公众的
顺从或依从（ Freidson，1988；Pescosolido，1993）则是理性的常态。 在这一
视知识权威为权力的范式中，权威提供了使人服从的资格，职业行动的
执行被视为自然衍生的结果，“拥有权威”与“行动获准”之间仿佛从来
都不存在断层。
在察觉到这一断裂后，本文认为，新兴职业行动者必须进行一种统
合不同评价语法、重组意义框架的转译劳动：一方面，通过正向转译，将

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