Quotes by Mathews, Harry

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is transl >>

Syntax and vocabulary are overwhelming constraints --the rules that ru >>

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everythin >>

Quotations about Translation

A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translation >>

Humor is the first gift to perish in a foreign language. >>

The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is th >>

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.

Mathews, Harry