Books Quote by Jarod Kintz

“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

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

— Jorge Amado

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

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

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

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

I have a deep love for the art of translation, and I couldn't find a novel that captured the fascinating, reckless adventure of it…

— Idra Novey

“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

Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“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

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

— Adam Morris