Doe Quote by Christian Wiman

This isnt just a matter of translating from one language to another. They dont have a language at all

— Superman

When we translate, we always to some extent betray the text we are translating. That is why translation is so hard and thankless. All…

— Jay L. Garfield

A translation can never equal the original; it can approach it, and its quality can only be judged as to accuracy by how close…

— Gregory Rabassa

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

— Adam Morris

I never used a translator, never thought that the journalists might not understand.

— Park Yeon-mi

Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one text doesn't occur to people - or that a translation…

— Lydia Davis

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

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

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

— Samuel Johnson

As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.

— Horace

The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read.

— Jorge Amado

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

In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it…

— George Henry Lewes