The novelist's intuition for the sacred differs from the translator's interrogation of the sacred. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
The only problem was that I couldn't communicate with Dario. He speaks Italian and I don't. We had a translator the whole… — Kim Hunter Copy Share Image
I'm a good communicator, and I'm a good translator. I can talk to engineers; I can talk to people for whom technology… — Mitchell Baker Copy Share Image
The existence of another, competing translation is a good thing, in general, and only immediately discouraging to one person - the translator… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name… — Misha Glenny Copy Share Image
If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound.… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business. — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“This is my gift to you, this story that is also a song, these words that are a part of Fokir. Such… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
