Translated Quote by Corinne McKay

I know that a translation of a work of literature is like playing a violin concerto on the piano. You can do this. You…

— Amos Oz

“The work of the authors of the LXX was not only a translation, it was also a revised version. In all such translation work…

— James John Courtenay

Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Of course my books are translated into many languages. I have here, in my home, translations on my shelf of my books into forty-five…

— Amos Oz

My translation work has been pretty separate from my fiction, as it was basically an accidental side project that turned into a separate and…

— Ken Liu

“Today, most translation work happens remotely, and translators can live almost anywhere. The up and down nature of most freelancers' work loads also lends…

— Corinne McKay

Alongside Han Kang, there's only one other author I've chosen to translate so far - Bae Suah. Her work is radical both stylistically and…

— Deborah Smith

Things can be translated, but they become different.

— Amos Oz

“I’ve learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself. It is not, of…

— Michael Cunningham

Once I looked into it, I was taken aback to learn that pretty much nothing by João Gilberto Noll was available in English translation.…

— Adam Morris

I've never translated more than one book by any author. But I'm fascinated by translators who have, like Richard Zenith, who's translated so much…

— Idra Novey

I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor…

— Mark Kurlansky