Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night. Votes: 3
OvidTranslation presents not merely a paradigm but the utmost case of engaged literary interpretation Votes: 3
John FelstinerI do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten. Votes: 3
Ruth GlickTranslation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. Votes: 3
Anthony BurgessTrue art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. Votes: 2
Thomas Bailey AldrichEvery language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence. Votes: 2
George SteinerIf the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream. Votes: 2
Rene MagritteAll explicit knowledge is translated knowledge, and all translation is imperfect. Votes: 0
Patrick RothfussWhat is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best. Votes: 0
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelArt is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world. Votes: 0
Gwendolyn BrooksSay that again, Commonwealth whit? (translation: what?) I'm no used tae hearing that. Votes: 0
Charlie FlynnNever trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter. Votes: 0
Suzy KassemBy reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow. Votes: 0
Brian FerneyhoughThe Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna) Votes: 0
HeraclitusThe clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase. Votes: 0
Vladimir NabokovIt is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzschePoetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation. Votes: 0
Robert FrostIT IS NOT ABOUT SYMPATHY OR LIKEABILITY, EITHER. EMPATHY IS ABOUT THE TRANSLATION OF FEELING. Votes: 0
Film Crit Hulk!I want my voice to be consistent no matter if it's an original or a translation. Votes: 0
Karin TidbeckThe first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages! Votes: 0
Faiz Ahmad FaizThe art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own. Votes: 0
Ned RoremIt is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. Votes: 0
Virginia WoolfWhatever your Bible translation is, it stands on the shoulders of one man - William Tyndale. Votes: 0
Steven J LawsonMusic does not need language of words for it has movements of dance to do its translation. Votes: 0
Shah Asad RizviAll translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic. Votes: 0
Benjamin JowettThe best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry. Votes: 0
Leonardo SciasciaThey like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there. Votes: 0
Marcel ProustOn quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinI have nothing but wastes and wilds of self-translation before me for many miserable months to come. Votes: 0
Samuel BeckettHe who reads the Bible in translation is like a man who kisses his bride through a veil. Votes: 0
Hayim Nahman BialikMusic does not need the language of words for it has movements of dance to do its translation. Votes: 0
Shah Asad RizviWe can write the new chapters in a visual language whose prose and poetry will need no translation. Votes: 0
Ernst HaasYou know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful. Votes: 0
Marjane SatrapiMathematics to me is like a language I donât speak though I admire its literature in translation. Votes: 0
David QuammenTeaching translation is more of an editing job. You act as editor. But you can have fun with it. Votes: 0
Gregory RabassaI could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation. Votes: 0
Robert FrostEducation is a business - the growth business. It cultivates the growth of our learners, translates the growth of new knowledge, and builds professional growth. Votes: 1 Heidi Hayes Jacobs