32 Quotes About Translations

Translating from #cat is easy - you just ignore everything, then you decide what you want it to have said, thought, or wanted.

Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter.

The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that ‘if English was good enough for Jesus, then it’s good enough for me’.

Had I known that coffee could taste so good, I would have gotten drunk on it every day.

All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something

The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of antiquity.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

I love these words that just can't be translated from language to language. They seem dignified, grounded, battling against the imperialism of reality.

it is better to have red a great work of another culture in translation than never to have read it at all.