If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Translators have to prove to themselves as to others that they are in control of what they do; that they do not… — Mona Baker Copy Share Image
Aimer, ce n'est point nous regarder l'un l'autre, mais regarder ensemble dans la meme direction. English Translation: To love is not to… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible. — Ann Goldstein Copy Share Image
I did translations of Grimms' Fairy Tales and became very charmed about that way of looking at things. Fairy tales tell a… — Lore Segal Copy Share Image
Most of my library consists of books on the Catholic faith: conversion stories, books on saints and Early Church Fathers, Apparitions of… — Gail Buckley Copy Share Image
In case any are puzzled by the different translations from which I draw strength and help and delight, it is like this:… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Poetry cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, unless the job description included a translation of the prologue of The Canterbury Tales, I was dreadfully under-qualified. — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
Mister Cameron - I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the original, and a great… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism. — Don Watson Copy Share Image
I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Translation is a kind of transubstantiation; one poem becomes another. You can choose your philosophy of translation just as you choose how… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life. — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, one of the things in Obamacare is that for the elderly, every five years you must have… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
Regarding R. H. Blyth: For translations, the best books are still those by R. H. Blyth. . . . — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
He said he "admired our courage" but didn't want to see us do anything to "damage our promising futures." He felt "proud… — Jordan Sonnenblick Copy Share Image
Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual,… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
I'm a believer in the benefits of translation. It's a necessity and a privilege - it would be awful to be limited… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
