Books Quote by Ventseslav Konstantinov Download Open image “It is only logical for the translator to become a part of the world of the author.” — Ventseslav Konstantinov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Logical Logical Translator Translator Translator World Translators World World Author
A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible. — Ann Goldstein Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation. — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
I never used a translator, never thought that the journalists might not understand. — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
The translator constantly learns new things about himself. — Ventseslav Konstantinov Copy Share Image
The greatest pleasure in translating is precisely this feeling of spiritual closeness and spiritual merging with the translated author. Moreover this spiritual relation is… — Ventseslav Konstantinov Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
