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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
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“Translation is not a matter of words only; it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture.”
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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
“Translator is a journey over a sea from one shore to the other.
Sometimes I think of myself as a smuggler: I cross the frontier of language with my booty of words, ideas, images, and metaphors.”
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Sometimes I think of myself as a smuggler: I cross the frontier of language with my booty of words, ideas, images, and metaphors.”
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“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.”
― Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
― Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
GTE’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at GTE’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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