Entire sections of them simply cannot be translated - the…

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

— Etgar Keret

“He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes.”

— Amy tan

Once I looked into it, I was taken aback to learn that pretty much nothing by João Gilberto Noll was available in English translation.…

— Adam Morris

Things can be translated, but they become different.

— Amos Oz

“I’ve learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself. It is not, of…

— Michael Cunningham

“Translation work involves knowing not just the structure of the language to be translated, but the cultural framework that surrounds it.”

— Corinne McKay

I've never translated more than one book by any author. But I'm fascinated by translators who have, like Richard Zenith, who's translated so much…

— Idra Novey

I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor…

— Mark Kurlansky

“Virtually anything can be translated—“X cannot be translated” usually means nothing more exciting than “We have a word, X, that you need three or…

— Robert Lane Greene

Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately,…

— Salman Rushdie

Alongside Han Kang, there's only one other author I've chosen to translate so far - Bae Suah. Her work is radical both stylistically and…

— Deborah Smith

Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.

— David Carson

Most headlines are set too big to be legible in the magazines or newspaper. Never approve a layout until you have seen it pasted…

— David Ogilvy

My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

— Doris McCarthy

It is only through the confining act of writing that the immensity of the nonwritten becomes legible

— Italo Calvino