Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. — John Donne Copy Share Image
My plays have been translated into all of the official languages of South Africa except Afrikaans. — Zakes Mda Copy Share Image
What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power. — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Ad astra per aspera. Translated: "to the stars through difficulties". — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
“Translation work involves knowing not just the structure of the language to be translated, but the cultural framework that surrounds it.” — Corinne McKay Copy Share Image
I'm an American. We've translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and that's getting Americanised. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Translated poetry filled the no-man's-land between my own work and other writers', and I found this fascinating to explore. — Edwin Morgan Copy Share Image
Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets. — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
I heard someone say he [Carl Sandburg] was the kind of writer who had everything to gain and nothing to lose by… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they're translated to the screen. But I think sometimes… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
Alongside Han Kang, there's only one other author I've chosen to translate so far - Bae Suah. Her work is radical both… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I woke up find a rather noisy multi-lingual meeting going on. This was great as everyone could participate and even though everything… — John Blair Copy Share Image
“Entire sections of them simply cannot be translated - the characters are legible and well-known, but when put together they do not… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
At school I was very shy and coincidentally inherited the title 'little miss worry guts,' and that was just among the staff.… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
“[To find a kiss of yours] translated by Sarah Arvio. To find a kiss of yours what would I give A kiss… — Federico García Lorca Copy Share Image
“A Spanish poet, Antonio Machado, once said: ‘Dijiste media verdad. Dirán que mientes dos veces si dices la otra mitad.’” “Translated means…”… — Olga Núñez Miret Copy Share Image
There are certain sorts of jokes which have only to do with the substitution of the unexpected word in a familiar context.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
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… — Idra Novey Copy Share Image
“O Don Quixote, wise as thou art brave, La Mancha's splendor and of Spain the star! To thee I say that if… — Cervantes Copy Share Image
“Imagine for a moment that I live right here, was born here, that my parents always have had a shop here, and… — Tomasz Różycki Copy Share Image
Then he read the words of the scroll slowly, first in Japanese and then carefully translated into English: 'There is really nothing… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“I told myself that in the country of my birth, from which I was disengaged in an increasingly irreversible way, there undoubtedly… — Edith Grossman Copy Share Image
“After a couple hours of this, seven-year-old Christo was beside himself. He had never been babysat before. How long was this fuckery… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself. It is… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“The Buried Woman // Die Begrabene In life we all pursued our aims. What held us up was lust and games. What… — Gertrud Kolmar Copy Share Image
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