Career Quote by 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

Of course my books are translated into many languages. I have here, in my home, translations on my shelf of my books into forty-five…

— Amos Oz

“The work of the authors of the LXX was not only a translation, it was also a revised version. In all such translation work…

— James John Courtenay

I know that a translation of a work of literature is like playing a violin concerto on the piano. You can do this. You…

— Amos Oz

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

— Corinne McKay

I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Writing fueled me, and my task was to make it fit into my life. I practiced my trade as an attorney, and on weekends…

— Stacey Abrams

“Today, most translation work happens remotely, and translators can live almost anywhere. The up and down nature of most freelancers' work loads also lends…

— Corinne McKay

My metaphor for translation has always been that translation is really a performance art. You take the original and try to perform it, really,…

— Ken Liu

Translation is an act of recreation.

— Ken Liu

Most of us do not, in fact, read another language, and so when we read a translation, we have no way of knowing what…

— Ken Liu

“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