Solution

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For an infinitesimal spacetime-dependent parameter, the action variation has the Noether current form
In canonical quantization, apply the corresponding transformation inside an equal-time correlation function. Integrating the resulting Ward-Takahashi identity over a thin time interval around an insertion gives
Comparison with yields
in the conventions of the question. Current conservation makes time independent when the surface flux vanishes, so the same charge generates the symmetry at every time.

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