Quote by Gregory Rabassa

“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 translator, caught in the space between two tongues. Such people tend to come a little bit unglued from the task of trying to…

— Elena Mauli Shapiro

“As long as human beings speak different languages, the need for translation will continue.”

— Nataly Kelly

“I can’t translate myself into language any more.”

— Alice Notley

“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

“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

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

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

It is only logical for the translator to become a part of the world of the author.

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

“It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck…

— Horace Walpole