Translators quotes
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Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.
-- Etgar Keret -
Either the translator leaves the author in peace, as much as is possible, and moves the reader towards him: or he leaves the reader in peace, as much as possible, and moves the author towards him.
-- Friedrich Schleiermacher -
Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread
-- Guillermo Cabrera Infante -
I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money.
-- Juan Gabriel -
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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 translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him.
-- Samuel Johnson -
It is only logical for the translator to become a part of the world of the author.
-- Ventseslav Konstantinov -
The translator constantly learns new things about himself.
-- Ventseslav Konstantinov -
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I've heard of translators collaborating closely with their authors, sometimes even living with them for a while, but that's not me.
-- Andre Naffis-Sahely -
What is the task of the translator? I think the task depends on the book and on the translator.
-- Idra Novey -
I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation.
-- Adam Morris -
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 -
