27 Quotes About Language-barrier
- Author Franklyn James
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A heart that yearns for romantic love cannot be quenched by any other passion, position or property.
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- Author Roxane Gay
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When we’re talking about race or religion or politics, it is often said we need to speak carefully. These are difficult topics where we need to be vigilant not only in what we say but also in how we express ourselves. That same care must extend to how we write about violence and sexual violence in particular.
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- Author Ken Liu
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Overly literal translations, far from being faithful, actually distort meaning by obscuring sense.
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- Author Bernard Kelvin Clive
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Language is a tool for communicating and not a barrier to writing
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- Author Gloria E. AnzaldĂșa
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Deslenguadas. Somos las del español deficiente. We are your linguistic nightmare, your linguistic aberration, your linguistic mestisaje, the subject of your burla. Because we speak with tongues of fire we are culturally crucified. Racially, culturally and linguistically somos huérfanos —we speak an orphan tongue
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- Author David Sedaris
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That be common for I, also, but be more strong, you. Much work and someday, you talk pretty. People start love you soon. Maybe tomorrow, okay.
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- Author Annie Ward
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I really hope there is a language barrier thing going on here.
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- Author Sue Limb
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And for two weeks I was banged up with a Hobbit who only spoke Elvish," said Jess.
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- Author Robert Radcliffe
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Though her grasp of English was modest and his Italian non-existent, their rapport was at once intuitive and intimate, founded more on physical attraction and a shared love of the outdoors than meaningful conversation.
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