Book Quote by Marcel Proust

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does not, in…

— Marcel Proust

“The translator, we should know, is a writer too. As a matter of fact, he could be called the ideal writer because all he…

— Gregory Rabassa

What is the task of the translator? I think the task depends on the book and on the translator.

— Idra Novey

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no…

— Cyril Connolly

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

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

A writer should care about one thing - the language. To write well - that is his duty. That is his only duty.

— Joseph Brodsky

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

— Samuel Johnson

“Passion for books is the most important thing in being an editor/translator. Work with love.”

— Listiana Srisanti

However, there is one great temptation and that is that you can forget that the aim of the writer was to reject all other…

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

Pour e crire ce livre essentiel, le seul livre vrai, un grand e crivain n'a pas, dans le sens courant, a' l'inventer puisqu'il existe…

— Marcel Proust

I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.

— Nancy Mitford

I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic…

— Michael Cunningham