Quote by Raymond Ibrahim Download Open image ““translations are like wives—either beautiful or faithful, seldom both.”” — Raymond Ibrahim ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko Copy Share Image
You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“...there are no sweeter words in the English language (or any other) than husband and wife.” — Lanier Ivester Copy Share Image
“It is the nature of languages that a pretty translation is not accurate, and an accurate translation finds its own beauty without help.” — Fraus-Dolus Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read. — Jorge Amado Copy Share Image
“The really delightful marriage must be that where your husband was a sort of father, and could teach you even Hebrew, if you wished… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
One of the others shouted a translation: "The beautiful couple is beautiful. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A man must be faithful to God, so he can be faithful to his wife.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“To see how pretty an old woman once was, it is not enough just to look at each feature; they must be translated.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“In March 2012, the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, declared that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches”… — Raymond Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“If the infidels live among the Muslims, in accordance with the conditions set out by the Prophet—there is nothing wrong with it provided they pay Jizya to the Islamic treasury. Other conditions are . . . that they do not renovate a church or a monastery, do not rebuild ones that were destroyed, that they feed for three days any… — Raymond Ibrahim Copy Share
“In December 2011 in supposedly moderate Malaysia, priests and church youth leaders were required to obtain “caroling permits” by submitting their full names and… — Raymond Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“The reason for this correlation is simple: Islam’s Sharia, its way, teaches intolerance and violence against non-Muslims, no less than it teaches that Muslim… — Raymond Ibrahim Copy Share Image
