Appeals Quote by Larry Gelbart

Something that is very difficult to translate is the humor.

— Luis Negron

Change in language is hard to capture and when it's visible or audible; it is also hard for some to accept.

— Michael Rosen

It's tough making people laugh, as we have so much going on in our lives. We forget to see humour as part of everything.…

— Kirti Kulhari

Comedy is such a private thing; it's not always easy to translate something funny from one language to another. It's very personal and cultural…

— Alessandra Mastronardi

Translations increase the faults of a work and spoil its beauties.

— Voltaire

The difficulty that many foreign authors face in having their works translated into English has effects far beyond the United States.

— Stephen Kinzer

It's not easy to direct in another language, especially comedy.

— Eugenio Derbez

Language changes the flavour of the people, it changes the way you tell a story.

— Shriya Saran

Overseas, language barriers keep me from doing a lot of talking and some of the jokes that I think are funny and they're like…

— Avery Sunshine

Jokes spread around the world and embed themselves in our shared culture; the most resonant of them get lodged in the language in the…

— Jimmy Carr

Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.

— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.

— Allison Janney