Beautiful translations are like beautiful women, that is to say, they are not always the most faithful ones.
George Steiner
Beautiful translations are like beautiful women, that is to say, they are not always the most faithful ones.
Translating is an intense, profound and provocative activity, at times intimate and upsetting, because of the extreme danger that you may lay a hand on the essential being of the other.
Translation is the medium through which American readers gain greater access to the world. By providing us with as direct a connection as possible to the individual voice of the author, translation provides a window into the heart of a culture.