After Quote by Tom Stoppard

I haven't done any translating for decades now. It's something I did when I was young.

— Paul Auster

The existence of another, competing translation is a good thing, in general, and only immediately discouraging to one person - the translator who, after…

— Lydia Davis

The problem is that it is difficult to translate.

— Elfriede Jelinek

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

— Manuel Puig

If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly adapt to…

— Lydia Davis

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

“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 best translators slip into the glove of a text and then turn it inside out into another language, and the whole thing comes…

— Alma Guillermoprieto

It can bum you out when your intentions aren't, like, translated properly.

— Kesha

For me, it's a big challenge to translate everything in English.

— Till Lindemann

“Most translators, even if they work 40 hours a week or more, live a very self-directed lifestyle and can tailor their work day around…

— Corinne McKay

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

— Samuel Johnson