Judaism Quote by William D. Mounce

There is an old Italian proverb about the nature of translation: "Traddutore, traditore!" This means simply, "Translators-traitors!" Of course, as you can see, something…

— Daniel Wallace

It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent.

— Virginia Woolf

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

Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one text doesn't occur to people - or that a translation…

— Lydia Davis

Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated

— C. S. Lewis

“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

Above all, translators must be native speakers. It’s not because they speak the language better – I understand that sometimes a foreigner can learn…

— Sergei Lukyanenko

“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 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

Translation is a kind of transubstantiation; one poem becomes another. You can choose your philosophy of translation just as you choose how to live:…

— Anne Michaels

“One reason Bible translation is a difficult task is that, in many cases, there is no direct one-to-one parallel between words in the original…

— Ron Rhodes

All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

— Benjamin Jowett