Book Quote by Mark Kurlansky

“He silently counted to ten in French and Spanish.”

— Nora Sakavic

I feel very close to French culture and to the French humanism, which occasionally one finds, even in the highest places. And therefore, all…

— Elie Wiesel

I speak some French, Spanish, a little German and Gaelic.

— Terry Wogan

“The sign above the door was written in French. It read: ARRÊTE ! C’EST ICI L’EMPIRE DE LA MORT. “That means,” he explained to…

— Paul Aertker

I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.

— Amisha Patel

In order to translate a sentence from English into French two things are necessary. First, we must understand thoroughly the English sentence. Second, we…

— George Polya

“The French expression 'cul-de-sac' describes what the Baudelaire orphans found when they reached the end of the dark hallway, and like all French expressions,…

— Lemony Snicket

I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor…

— Mark Kurlansky

“Knowing people can mean so many things. It's like books: there are plenty of gradations between the books one has read and those one…

— Cécile David-Weill

The translation called good has original value as a work of art.

— Benedetto Croce

“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

“[reading a work in translation] is like viewing a piece of Flemish tapestry on the wrong side.”

— Cervantes