5 Quotes Tagged: translations

The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that ‘if English was good enough for Jesus, then it’s good enough for me’.

There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something unique and never surpassed will cease to exist except in the libraries of a few inquisitive book lovers.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter.

Así como un ave en su jaula.
Así como un bebedor entre el bullicio de la medianoche,
así he intentado ser libre, a mi manera.