Translator Quotes

43 Translator quotes by 39 unique authors

I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things. — Lydia Davis
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and… — Anita Diament
Please, never despise the translator. He's the mailman of human civilization. — Alexander Pushkin
Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the… — Italo Calvino
It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses that… — John Dryden
And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it. — Cornelia Funke
When I was 16 years old, I assembled a 2.3 million electron volt beta particle accelerator. I went to Westinghouse, I got 400 pounds of… — Michio Kaku
My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea… — Tatiana Maslany
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
Judge: And what is your occupation in general? Brodsky: Poet, poet-translator. Judge: And who recognized you to be a poet? Who put you in the… — Joseph Brodsky
It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to liberate… — Walter Benjamin
Boys! Are they always this impossible? Do they always say cryptic, indecipherable things? (Note to self: work with Liz to adapt her boy-to-English translator into… — Ally Carter
(...) the translator of prose is the slave of the author and the translator of poetry is his rival. — AndreÃ¯ Makine
The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is… — Barbara Jordan
To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each… — Marcel Proust
My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name and work as… — Misha Glenny
The existence of another, competing translation is a good thing, in general, and only immediately discouraging to one person - the translator who, after one,… — Lydia Davis
If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think… — Mstislav Rostropovich
Knowing medicine is not enough to be a great doctor. knowing language is not enough to be a great translator. knowing the law is not… — Ali Bassam
Best translator is one who translates somebodys silence — Se7en

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