Competence Quote by Peter Newmark

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

Translation is a form of passive aggression. In doing it, a writer chooses to forgo original authorship so as to play havoc with a…

— Lawrence Venuti

Translation rewrites a foreign text in terms that are intelligible and interesting to readers in the receiving culture. Doing so is akin to committing…

— Lawrence Venuti

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing.... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act…

— Harry Mathews

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

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

What is the task of the translator? I think the task depends on the book and on the translator.

— Idra Novey

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

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Corinne McKay

Translating is a respectable, valuable, creative and worthwhile use of a human brain.

— David Bellos

I think that being an editor, someone who works with words, is very good training for being a translator because it trains you to…

— Ann Goldstein

“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