Book Quote by Amos Oz

Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written. The very same book, even if it is translated very…

— Amos Oz

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

Of course my books are translated into many languages. I have here, in my home, translations on my shelf of my books into forty-five…

— Amos Oz

I think that, in Hebrew, it's like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story.

— Etgar Keret

There are certain concepts, which exist in English, and are unthinkable, untranslatable into Hebrew and vice versa. Hebrew has a system of tenses, which…

— Amos Oz

For me, every translation is a new book, with the translator inevitably broadening the meaning of the original book in any translation.

— Agustin Fernandez Mallo

The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for…

— Troy Perry

The first book in most languages of the world has been the Bible!!

— Glen Rambharack

Hebrew as a contemporary language, especially for poetry, is no longer the language of the Bible; but neither is it not the language of…

— Cynthia Ozick

Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history.

— Etgar Keret

Things can be translated, but they become different.

— Amos Oz

“Lest anyone dispute that the Bible is not the inspired Word of God but rather the direct and dictated Word of God, let us…

— Aaron R. Yilmaz