Interpretation Quote by Elena Mauli Shapiro

“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

“So the poor translator must not just go back and forth between two languages, but if he is worthy of his calling must shift…

— Gregory Rabassa

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

— Manuel Puig

“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

It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to…

— Walter Benjamin

“Language isn't about the words. It's about the transfer of meaning.”

— Thea van Diepen

“Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into…

— Daphne Rose Kingma

The translator ... Peculiar outcast, ghost in the world of literature, recreating in another form something already created, creating and not creating, writing words…

— Lydia Davis

“There was only a language of families, a tongue woven from a lifetime of shared experiences. Its vocabulary consisted of gestures and curt sentences,…

— Courtney Milan

It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses…

— John Dryden

“The translator, no matter how true he thinks he's staying to the text, still brings his own life experiences and opinions to the decisions…

— Stephanie Perkins

“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