Beautiful Quote by Marina Warner

Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into Spanish.

— Antonio Munoz Molina

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

— Jorge Amado

I am not a book collector, and I am not fussy about particular editions. As long as the words are there I don't mind.

— Adam Foulds

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

I've never translated more than one book by any author. But I'm fascinated by translators who have, like Richard Zenith, who's translated so much…

— Idra Novey

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

— Adam Morris

I read pretty well in French and Spanish. I don't want to read a book written in French or Spanish in translation.

— Mark Kurlansky

I went to the Sorbonne in Paris for two years and read all the classics by authors like Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant.…

— Prue Leith

I do not hesitate to read. all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable-any real insight or broad…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The language of the novel differs from the just-the-facts language of the old tales. It's robust and earthy, sometimes even baroque.

— Marisa Silver

What I started to read and most enjoyed while I was a student was an Italian edition of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of…

— Amanda Knox

I read both in French and English and often a couple of books at once, mixing fiction and non-fiction.

— Pauline Chalamet