Brilliant Quote by Claire Fox

“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

My most interesting correspondence is with my translators. I marvel at their sensitivity over certain passages that just anyone, even if he knows German…

— Heinrich Boll

“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

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money.

— Juan Gabriel

“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

I'm very much aware of the need for politicians to be careful with language as well as what they do.

— Sajid Javid

Translators have to prove to themselves as to others that they are in control of what they do; that they do not just translate…

— Mona Baker

“I wish I could convey the perfection... But language founders in such seas”

— Yann Martel

The best translators slip into the glove of a text and then turn it inside out into another language, and the whole thing comes…

— Alma Guillermoprieto

Good translations are one of the vital necessities of our time.

— Lucas Leiva

“In our country for all her greatness there is one thing she cannot do and that is translate a person wholly out of one…

— William Golding