Bible Quote by William Zinsser

If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly adapt to…

— Lydia Davis

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process…

— Paul Goodman

It is only logical for the translator to become a part of the world of the author.

— Ventseslav Konstantinov

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

— Samuel Johnson

“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

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

— Park Yeon-mi

I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly.

— Paul Auster

All language is but a poor translation.

— Franz Kafka

I think there are a lot of writers who would never have an opportunity to make their work. Some presses rely heavily on the…

— Kimberly Peirce

Not all stories translate well when read out loud.

— Anonymous

The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.

— Paul Goodman

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