Normal Quote by Gilbert Murray

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process…

— Paul Goodman

“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

“Every text is unique and, at the same time, it is the translation of another text. No text is entirely original because language itself,…

— Octavio Paz

Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretatio n…

— David Mitchell

Things can be translated, but they become different.

— Amos Oz

A translation can never equal the original; it can approach it, and its quality can only be judged as to accuracy by how close…

— Gregory Rabassa

“But Spanish and English aren't different languages, only extreme dialects of Latin. It's almost possible to translate word for word. Translation from a language…

— Natasha Pulley

Originality is a quality that cannot be imitated. The technique of the language, on the other hand, is something that belongs to all who…

— John French Sloan

“All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something”

— G. Willow Wilson

I think that if you are sticking to the text, essentially, you're not trying to write your own version of it. I mean, of…

— Ann Goldstein

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

I believe every translation is a process in which something is lost in the original precisely so that something is gained in the new…

— Agustin Fernandez Mallo