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title: "6 Books Translated Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/my-books-have-been-translated-into-various-languages-and-sold-in/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

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> [Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawal-el-saadawi/home-to-me-is-the-world-because-my-books-have-been-translated-into/)

[Nawal El Saadawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawal-el-saadawi/)

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> [I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-davidson/i-think-a-lot-of-writers-are-unrealistic-about-having-their-books/)

[Robyn Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-davidson/)

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> [When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/when-my-books-were-translated-it-was-always-about-the-characters/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

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> [ Few \[books\] get translated and the ones that do have trouble making it into the mainstream. It's more likely that Americans will… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laila-lalami/few-books-get-translated-and-the-ones-that-do-have-trouble-making-it/)

[Laila Lalami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laila-lalami/)

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> [Of course my books are translated into many languages. I have here, in my home, translations on my shelf of my books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/of-course-my-books-are-translated-into-many-languages-i-have-here-in/)

[Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/)

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