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It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to liberate the language imprisoned in a work in his re-creation of that work.

Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

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A satisfactory translation is not always possible, but a good translator is never satisfied with it. It can usually be improved.

― Peter Newmark, Manual De Traduccion / A Textbook of Translation

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I’m trying to translate what my cat says and put it in a book, but how many homonyms are there for meow?

― Jarod Kintz, The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over.

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