Translations Quotes

For me, every translation is a new book, with the translator inevitably broadening the meaning of the original book in any translation.

I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation.

The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of antiquity.

Had I known that coffee could taste so good, I would have gotten drunk on it every day.

All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something

Translating from #cat is easy - you just ignore everything, then you decide what you want it to have said, thought, or wanted.

I love these words that just can't be translated from language to language. They seem dignified, grounded, battling against the imperialism of reality.