Books Quote by Paul Auster

“Translators are the shadow heroes of literature.”

— Paul Auster

The translator ... Peculiar outcast, ghost in the world of literature, recreating in another form something already created, creating and not creating, writing words…

— Lydia Davis

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

However, there is one great temptation and that is that you can forget that the aim of the writer was to reject all other…

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.

— Etgar Keret

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

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

“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

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication.

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

Writer's make national literature, while translators make universal literature.

— Jose Saramago

Translation from one language to another is like viewing a piece of tapestry on the wrong side where though the figures are distinguishable yet…

— Miguel de Cervantes