Greek Quote by Virginia Woolf

“As the Italian proverb says, 'Translators are traitors.' At some level we all are traitors to the text, saying a little less than the…

— William D. Mounce

I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but…

— Gregory Rabassa

“If you don’t speak Greek, how do you know if it’s all Greek to you?”

— Jarod Kintz

“If you ask me if I know how to speak Latin, I’ll say, “No, it’s all Greek to me.”

— Jarod Kintz

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

— Adam Morris

“To be sure, there were attempts at translating the philosophy that was written in Greek into other languages – the presumed intention being to…

— Dimitri Gutas

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

— Horace

Good translations are one of the vital necessities of our time.

— Lucas Leiva

A satisfactory translation is not always possible, but a good translator is never satisfied with it. It can usually be improved. (Newmark)

— Peter Newmark

A translation is no translation unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.

— John Millington Synge

“The translators of the LXX did not attempt to find a Greek word to correspond in sense with every Hebrew word or phrase. Sometimes…

— James John Courtenay

A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.

— John Millington Synge