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

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings. – Boris Pasternak

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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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