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Translators Quotes

We are all mediators, translators Picture Quote #1

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread Picture Quote #1

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good Picture Quote #1

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money Picture Quote #1

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality Picture Quote #1

The vices and the virtues are written in a language the world cannot construe; it reads them in a vile translation, and the translators are Failure and Success Picture Quote #1

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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice Picture Quote #1

I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I’ve learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself Picture Quote #1

All nonfiction writers, whether they like it or not, are translators. The translator is the perfect journalist. The best journalism endeavors to convey an essential idea or story to an audience that knows very little about it, and that requires translation. To do this successfully, the writer must filter the idea through the prism of his eye, and his mind, and his writing style Picture Quote #1

Translators are the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one another, who have enabled us to understand that we all, from every part of the world, live in one world Picture Quote #1

Perhaps, sadly, in the end, cinema is only a translator’s art, and you know what they say about translators: traitors all Picture Quote #1

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either explained, allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory Picture Quote #1

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Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn’t mean I think other translators shouldn’t attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end Picture Quote #1

I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the Bible into all the languages of the world, and to do that you had to study linguistics, and so that was my initial exposure to linguistics Picture Quote #1

Scientists in different disciplines don’t speak the same language. They publish in different journals. It’s like the United Nations: You come together, but no one speaks the same language, so you need some translators Picture Quote #1

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We are all mediators, translators (Translators Quotes) Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread (Translators Quotes) Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good (Translators Quotes) I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money (Translators Quotes) Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality (Translators Quotes) The vices and the virtues are written in a language the world cannot construe; it reads them in a vile translation, and the translators are Failure and Success (Translators Quotes) God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice (Translators Quotes) I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I’ve learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself (Translators Quotes) All nonfiction writers, whether they like it or not, are translators. The translator is the perfect journalist. The best journalism endeavors to convey an essential idea or story to an audience that knows very little about it, and that requires translation. To do this successfully, the writer must filter the idea through the prism of his eye, and his mind, and his writing style (Translators Quotes) Translators are the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one another, who have enabled us to understand that we all, from every part of the world, live in one world (Translators Quotes) Perhaps, sadly, in the end, cinema is only a translator’s art, and you know what they say about translators: traitors all (Translators Quotes) The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either explained, allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory (Translators Quotes) Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn’t mean I think other translators shouldn’t attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end. (Translators Quotes) I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the Bible into all the languages of the world, and to do that you had to study linguistics, and so that was my initial exposure to linguistics. (Translators Quotes) Scientists in different disciplines don’t speak the same language. They publish in different journals. It’s like the United Nations: You come together, but no one speaks the same language, so you need some translators. (Translators Quotes)