Different languages Quote by Nataly Kelly

“All I require of a translator is that he or she be a more gifted writer than I am, and in at least two…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Languages are like beings: they thrive, take a dive, and need care to survive.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“The only language all human beings understand is the language of humanity.”

— Ken Bugul

“God knows our hearts. There is no need for an idle formula or an intermediary. No need for language either: God is beyond translation.”

— Hilary Mantel

“Translation work involves knowing not just the structure of the language to be translated, but the cultural framework that surrounds it.”

— Corinne McKay

“The translator's task is essentially a difficult and often a thankless one. He is severely criticized if he makes a mistake, but only faintly…

— Eugene A. Nida

“When a language dies, a possible world dies with it.”

— George Steiner

“We are speaking different languages, as always, but that doesn't change the things we talk about.”

— Mikhail Bulgakov

“For most people, language is our primary interface with each other and with the external world.”

— Erin Kissane

“There is a universal language, understood by everybody, but already forgotten. I am in search of that universal language, among other things.”

— Paulo Coelho

“The world speaks many languages,”

— Paulo Coelho

“No one else can translate the language that is you.”

— Rave Jaida Jones