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Quote by Leonardo Sciascia
The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation i

The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry. – Leonardo Sciascia

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I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable — any real insight or broad human sentiment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Humor is the first gift to perish in a foreign language. – Virginia Woolf

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Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation. – Sir John Denham

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