Books Quote by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in…

— Juliette Binoche

I want my words to survive translation.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never…

— Monique Truong

I have been in countries where I don't know a word of the language. I tried to practice my French as much as possible.…

— Kevin Kline

I tend to curse in French more often than I do in English.

— Alaina Huffman

It can bum you out when your intentions aren't, like, translated properly.

— Kesha

As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.

— Horace

However well you know the French language you've learnt it the wrong way, not as a native speaker would. That's my problem as well.

— Christian Karlson Stead

I don't think I can repeat any of the French words I know on camera, to be honest.

— Ollie Watkins

I haven't done any translating for decades now. It's something I did when I was young.

— Paul Auster

When we translate, we always to some extent betray the text we are translating. That is why translation is so hard and thankless. All…

— Jay L. Garfield

I love the French language... it's a delightful language, especially to curse with. It's like whopping your ass with silk.

— Oscar Wilde