Books Quote by Adam Morris

When a translator translates my book, it is no longer just my book. It is the translator's book, too. So the book in another…

— Sam Lipsyte

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people.

— Haruki Murakami

Regardless of whether the authors I've translated have been "dead and canonized," or "living and established," or even simply "emerging," I must put myself…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

“However multilingual we may be as readers, we find ourselves faced with a fundamental, inescapable responsibility. We must understand that any book & especially…

— Michael Cunningham

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 so much…

— Idra Novey

I'm a believer in the benefits of translation. It's a necessity and a privilege - it would be awful to be limited to reading…

— Daniel Alarcon

I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible.

— Ann Goldstein

I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation.

— Adam Morris

I have read all my novels that were translated into English. Reading my novels is enjoyable because I forget almost all the content in…

— Haruki Murakami

I have a deep love for the art of translation, and I couldn't find a novel that captured the fascinating, reckless adventure of it…

— Idra Novey

And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve…

— Cornelia Funke