Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "T" » translations
«Translation is at best an echo.»
«What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That's what their substance is.»
Author: Jonathan Miller
(Actor, Film Director, Producer)
| Keywords:
characters, Characters in, literature, novel, sentences, substance, The characters, translation, translations
«To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences; they cannot be reconstituted by piecemeal imitation. The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.»
Author: Paul Goodman
| Keywords:
adjust, artistically, author, creatively, imitation, molding, moldings, nuance, nuances, piecemeal, retreat, rhythm, sentences, simpler, tenor, Tenors, thought process, translate, translation, translations
«True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation»
Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Editor, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
paraphrase, paraphrases, Selecting, selects, translation, translations, verbatim
«The original is unfaithful to the translation.»
«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.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
indeed, kills, letter, literal, Makers, rendering, The Letter, The Makers, The Spirit, translations, weaken, weakening, woe
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
