Jay Rubin Quote

...literary translators are the interpreters of human values - and the true peacemakers.

Many terribly quiet customers exist but none moreterribly quiet than Manhis footsteps pass so perilously soft across the seain marble winterup the stiff blue waves and every Tuesdaydown he grinds the...

When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is sometimes a vision that's not familiar. But I'm not trying to manipulate realit...

Jayden went for my fries, ignoring Anna’s narrowed gaze. Thanks, babe.You two know each other? Jo gestured between Jayden and me with her fork.Before I could nod, he dropped an arm over my shoulders....

Hector laughed as Rider shook his head. Ainsley stiffened across from me. She was pretty fluent in Spanish and even though Hector was Puerto Rican, I had a feeling she was getting the general gist of...

Translation software is not making translators obsolete. Has medical diagnostic software made doctors obsolete?

Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.

In your opinion, where do private and political life, personal history and History meet? You know the answer, Maya. You say it unhesitatingly - in art and literature.

Our words are often only vague, inadequate descriptions of our thoughts. Something gets lost in translation every time we try to express our thoughts in words. And when the other person hears our word...

Even a poor translator couldn't kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.