Cia Quote by Michael Bloomberg

When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable; only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Samuel Johnson

There are many different ways that a military person's career can be translated.

— Michelle Obama

Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to…

— Italo Calvino

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

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

I never used a translator, never thought that the journalists might not understand.

— Park Yeon-mi

Foreigners who speak Arabic in the Middle East are often assumed to be working for the C.I.A. or Israel's intelligence agency, the Mossad.

— Richard Engel

Translators have to prove to themselves as to others that they are in control of what they do; that they do not just translate…

— Mona Baker

I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.

— W. G. Sebald

When you're in the CIA, you anticipate the possibility that you'll be betrayed by a foreign government or a source, but you never anticipate…

— Valerie Plame

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money.

— Juan Gabriel

I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified.

— Porter Goss