Book Quote by Bill Vaughan

“All I require of a translator is that he or she be a more gifted writer than I am, and in at least two…

— Kurt Vonnegut

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

— Adam Morris

A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him.

— Samuel Johnson

The translator constantly learns new things about himself.

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

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

It is only logical for the translator to become a part of the world of the author.

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

What is the task of the translator? I think the task depends on the book and on the translator.

— Idra Novey

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas.

— Victor Hugo

“The translator's task is essentially a difficult and often a thankless one. He is severely criticized if he makes a mistake, but only faintly…

— Eugene A. Nida

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

— Manuel Puig

I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an…

— Adam Morris