Communication Quote by Cornelia Funke

I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an…

— Adam Morris

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

— Juan Gabriel

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge.

— Iris Murdoch

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

— Jorge Amado

I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible.

— Ann Goldstein

It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people.

— Haruki Murakami

When a translator translates my book, it is no longer just my book. It is the translator's book, too. So the book in another…

— Sam Lipsyte

I never used a translator, never thought that the journalists might not understand.

— Park Yeon-mi

I haven't done any translating for decades now. It's something I did when I was young.

— Paul Auster

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

— Adam Morris

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