Firsts Quote by Suzy Kassem

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money.

— Juan Gabriel

Never trust people from what they say, trust them from what they do.

— Anonymous

When we translate, we always to some extent betray the text we are translating. That is why translation is so hard and thankless. All…

— Jay L. Garfield

When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.

— Mason Cooley

Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal.

— Paul Valery

“You are stranded in a culture where you can’t trust many, you don’t fully understand the language, and you can’t read the signs—and at…

— Kim De Blecourt

Never Trust Words Just Actions.

— Anonymous

Don't trust anyone until you understand them.

— Anonymous

“A translator, caught in the space between two tongues. Such people tend to come a little bit unglued from the task of trying to…

— Elena Mauli Shapiro

As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.

— Horace

“The translator, no matter how true he thinks he's staying to the text, still brings his own life experiences and opinions to the decisions…

— Stephanie Perkins

As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences everything gets distorted, language is just no damn good—I use it because…

— Marcel Duchamp