Quote by Corinne McKay

The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication.

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

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

Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the art of writing is itself translating, or more like translating than it is like…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Translation rewrites a foreign text in terms that are intelligible and interesting to readers in the receiving culture. Doing so is akin to committing…

— Lawrence Venuti

“As long as human beings speak different languages, the need for translation will continue.”

— Nataly Kelly

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing.... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act…

— Harry Mathews

General editors' preface The growth of translation studies as a separate discipline is a success story of the 1980s. The subject has developed in…

— Lawrence Venuti

“To translate a text is to be conducted into its mysteries in a way that no mere act of reading—however conscientious or frequent—makes possible.…

— David Bentley Hart

“So many people consider their work a daily punishment. Whereas I love my work as a translator. Translation is a journey over a sea…

— Amara Lakhous

Translation presents not merely a paradigm but the utmost case of engaged literary interpretation

— John Felstiner

“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

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