Creativity Quote by Christian Wiman

“Intrinsic to the concept of a translator's fidelity to the effect and impact of the original is making the second version of the work…

— Edith Grossman

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

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

— Jorge Amado

I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but…

— Gregory Rabassa

Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really.

— Lydia Davis

I believe every translation is a process in which something is lost in the original precisely so that something is gained in the new…

— Agustin Fernandez Mallo

Most of us do not, in fact, read another language, and so when we read a translation, we have no way of knowing what…

— Ken Liu

Translations are a partial and precious documentation of the changes the text suffers.

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

Translation from one language to another is like viewing a piece of tapestry on the wrong side where though the figures are distinguishable yet…

— Miguel de Cervantes

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

— Adam Morris

“My goal is to act as a faithful interpreter, preserving as much of the original's nuances of meaning as possible without embellishment or omission.…

— Ken Liu