Books Quote by Ventseslav Konstantinov

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

To have the translator be a figure in the book's presentation seems like a big thing, especially for a book that's really popular.

— Ann Goldstein

Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the art of writing is itself translating, or more like translating than it is like…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“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

I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible.

— Ann Goldstein

It seems more than likely that the translating of poetry is going to rub off on the translator if he or she is a…

— Ron Padgett

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

I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation.

— Adam Morris

I never used a translator, never thought that the journalists might not understand.

— Park Yeon-mi

“It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck…

— Horace Walpole

A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print

— Gregory Rabassa