I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound. — Ann Goldstein Rules Copy Share Image
That's a huge subject - a writer refusing to do publicity but writing about publicity. — Ann Goldstein Huge Copy Share Image
One naturally identifies to some extent with an "I" female narrator going through something that you recognize whether you've gone through it… — Ann Goldstein Female Copy Share Image
The truth is, just to hear other people speaking Italian is really worth it. It keeps the sound in your ear. — Ann Goldstein Ears Copy Share Image
Trying to take a feeling from one language, and express it in another is naturally that's my goal. You can't possibly achieve… — Ann Goldstein Achieve Copy Share Image
I think that being an editor, someone who works with words, is very good training for being a translator because it trains… — Ann Goldstein Concrete Copy Share Image
The Neapolitan novels have a lot of references to things outside, to things of the world, to culture, politics, the city of… — Ann Goldstein Books Copy Share Image
I don't have a philosophy. If I had a philosophy, it's that I'm kind of literal minded. For example, I would never… — Ann Goldstein Example Copy Share Image
Primo Levi's - I mean, he's a very different kind of writer. He's a much more formal writer. He's a much more… — Ann Goldstein Detached Copy Share Image
I like to think of the individual words, then you put the word in the sentence, then you have to think about… — Ann Goldstein Building Copy Share Image
I think that if you are sticking to the text, essentially, you're not trying to write your own version of it. I… — Ann Goldstein Courses Copy Share Image
I think that physical actions are always hard to describe, to translate. — Ann Goldstein Action Copy Share Image
It's one of the hardest things to translate anything that's not standard. — Ann Goldstein Hardest 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 Be kind Copy Share Image
To have the translator be a figure in the book's presentation seems like a big thing, especially for a book that's really… — Ann Goldstein Big things Copy Share Image
I really had wanted to learn Italian for a long time. I think ever since - or even maybe even before I… — Ann Goldstein Class Copy Share Image
As the writer, you can choose the word that seems best in terms of meaning, nuance, sound, etc. As the translator you… — Ann Goldstein Decision Copy Share Image
I think it's important to be accurate on the level of the word, but it's also important to be accurate at the… — Ann Goldstein Accurate Copy Share Image
It's really the story of a young woman, or two women, growing up in Naples in a poor neighborhood. The way that… — Ann Goldstein 20th century Copy Share Image
