Interpreting 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

“I believe that to be an efficient writer, one must be able to write in more than one language. I know over seven languages.…

— Mitta Xinindlu

“We need to write in a language that they can read.”

— Saad Ireland

“Just because everybody uses language, that doesn't mean that they can write even tolerable prose.”

— Stephen Jones

“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

“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

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

— Rave Jaida Jones

“All writing is an act of translation.”

— Maya Jasanoff

“There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.”

— Anna Quindlen

A writer can have only one language, if language is going to mean anything to him.

— Philip Larkin

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

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

— Leonard Bernstein