Internet Quote by Corinne McKay

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

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

— Samuel Johnson

Above all, translators must be native speakers. It’s not because they speak the language better – I understand that sometimes a foreigner can learn…

— Sergei Lukyanenko

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

I think that being an editor, someone who works with words, is very good training for being a translator because it trains you to…

— Ann Goldstein

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

“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

“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

A lot of linguists in the market, especially interpreters of foreign languages, do not have a great command over the English language, especially if…

— Chinmayi

“Similarly, Haynes (1998, viii) notes that many professional translators, and their organizations, remain remarkably uninformed with regards to the progress made in translation technology.…

— Lynne Bowker

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