237 Quotes About Translation
- Author Danielle Collobert
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for months no writing — impossible to reconcile the two — walk paying attention — I've lost sensation — closeness of the outside world around me — I'm not connecting with things any more — could be irreparable loss — trying now to recover sensations — objects for instance — the table's smoothness — its color — my hand on the paperit's raining — that helps me — I feel better — more differentiated from things — from the outside —blur already —
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- Author Mustafa Mughazy
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There is no rule that says we must translate a word as a word; we can translate a word as a phrase, or even as a sentence. The crucial point here is that we need to understand the source and nature of the difficulty in order to come up with viable translation candidates from which to choose.
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- Author John Florio
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Shall I apologize translation? Why but some hold (as for their free-hold) that such conversion is the subversion of Universities. God holde with them, and withholde them from impeach or empair. It were an ill turne, the turning of Bookes should be the overturning of Libraries.
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- Author Neil MacGregor
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An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
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- Author Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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A translator ought to be faithful, but is not bound down to being literal.
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- Author Nicholas Meyer
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Translation is a tricky business," Holmes observed, placing the tips of his fingers together in his accustomed fashion. "Cervantes once said that reading something in translation is like looking at a Flemish tapestry wrong side out. The image may be there, but is obscured by a great many dangling threads.
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- Author Gabdulla Tukai
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Унизен бях много пътии проклинах тоя свят,само от любов народнабивах в скърбите съгрят.
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- Author Annie Ernaux
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Hvilke historier er det vi forteller om oss selv? Hvilke øyeblikk var det som endret vårt fundament? Ernaux tar oss med 60 år tilbake og forsøker å gi ord til hva en enkelt hendelse kan gjøre med en liv. Hun skriver sterkt om makt, skam og seksualitet, og opphever skillet mellom det private og det menneskelige.
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- Author Annie Ernaux
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Det er ikke lenger meg, og heller ikke Annie D, som står i sentrum. Det som finner sted i korridoren i feriekolonien, forandrer seg til en situasjon dypt forankret i uminnelige tider og kjent overalt på jorden. Hver dag og alle steder i hele verden finnes det menn som står i en sirkel rundt en kvinne, rede til å kaste stein på henne.
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