Language Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

I believe every translation is a process in which something is lost in the original precisely so that something is gained in the new…

— Agustin Fernandez Mallo

For me, every translation is a new book, with the translator inevitably broadening the meaning of the original book in any translation.

— Agustin Fernandez Mallo

“The process of continually rereading and drawing out new meanings from words would not have been possible unless the words themselves were already open…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“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

“My goal is to act as a faithful interpreter, preserving as much of the original's nuances of meaning as possible without embellishment or omission.…

— Ken Liu

“The dictionary’s very flaws made the exertions and enthusiasm of its compilers real to his imagination. The vast array of words—entry words, definitions, examples—was…

— Shion Miura

“The word 'translation' comes, etymologically, from the Latin for 'bearing across'. Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally…

— Salman Rushdie

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

Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way, without the personal investment of the poem I'm writing…

— Marilyn Hacker

“However, though we may never achieve perfect transparency, we can limit the impact of personal bias upon the process of interpretation by giving the…

— Dalai Lama XIV

If words are to change their meanings, as assuredly they are, let each user of language make such changes as please himself, put up…

— Rose Macaulay

It is important that we realize that words have meanings far beyond the dictionary definition.

— Dan Levy