Top Translator Quotes

  • A good editor fixes. A superb editor fixes without ruining the original message of your book as a superb translator does as well. – BA Gabrielle

    A good editor fixes. A superb editor fixes without ruining the original message of your book as a superb translator does as well.– BA Gabrielle

  • Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity. – William Zinsser

    Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.– William Zinsser

  • Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator. – Nataly Kelly

    Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.– Nataly Kelly

  • Whenever I write a paragraph in English, I first check it with the Google Translator, and most often it says no language detected. – MF Moonzajer

    Whenever I write a paragraph in English, I first check it with the Google Translator, and most often it says no language detected.– MF Moonzajer

  • A translator must, of course, be an interpreter of cultures. – Philip Zaleski

    A translator must, of course, be an interpreter of cultures.– Philip Zaleski