I remember having a discussion with [Kaz] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness."… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Translators are the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Boys! Are they always this impossible? Do they always say cryptic, indecipherable things? (Note to self: work with Liz to adapt her… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I think the fact that my parents are still, "Hey, great, that's great!" and not, "We need you to do this and… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
It seems more than likely that the translating of poetry is going to rub off on the translator if he or she… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
As a physician and as a pilot, I think it lets me be a pretty good translator having one foot in the… — David M. Brown Copy Share Image
It's important to get a translator who will ask the questions in a sensitive and thoughtful way. Knowing the ethnicity issues, the… — Peter Menzel Copy Share Image
Thomas Teal, a luminous translator of Jansson's twin talent for surface and depth, simplicity and reverberation in language, and someone who knows… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I think every translator would tell you that when they look back at a poem they have translated, they want to pencil… — Jesse Lee Kercheval Copy Share Image
It was an epiphany when I realized you don't have to call yourself a linguist, a translator, a poet. You can call… — Jan Peacock 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
The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser"… — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
We need to be skilled into knowing God and His Word, then act as excellent translators of these things to the people… — Vicky Beeching Copy Share Image
The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban. — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
Judge: And what is your occupation in general? Brodsky: Poet, poet-translator. Judge: And who recognized you to be a poet? Who put… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
An engineer can look at the data, but he needs a translator from the cockpit - the driver - to understand it… — Michael Schumacher Copy Share Image
I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation. — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I traveled the world ten times over doing something I never thought I'd do in a million years. I found myself in… — Drew Waters Copy Share Image
Actually, I'm frequently described as the UK's only translator of Korean literature, but even that isn't accurate - Agnita Tennant is UK-based,… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
A satisfactory translation is not always possible, but a good translator is never satisfied with it. It can usually be improved. (Newmark) — Peter Newmark Copy Share Image
It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
There has to be a kind of grassroots push, a movement, as it were, against the inherent isolationism of American capitalism as… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
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