Another Quote by Gulzar

When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable; only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to…

— Italo Calvino

Things can be translated, but they become different.

— Amos Oz

If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.

— Sandra Cisneros

A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.

— Gao Xingjian

“Translation work involves knowing not just the structure of the language to be translated, but the cultural framework that surrounds it.”

— Corinne McKay

This isnt just a matter of translating from one language to another. They dont have a language at all

— Superman

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

— Sarah Shahi

Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.

— George Steiner

Getting access to diverse civilizations should be easy, and languages are the gateway to that.

— Park Won-soon

Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture.

— Anthony Burgess