Translators Quotes

“Similarly, Haynes (1998, viii) notes that many professional translators, and their organizations, remain remarkably uninformed with regards to the progress made in translation technology. He goes on to observe that many are so largely unenthusiastic about it - with attitudes lying somewhere between skeptical and scathing - their very ignorance seeming to contribute to their fear that their jobs will be threatened by this technology.”

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

“Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)”

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

“Music Doesn’t Need Interpreters and Translators”

“He'd shot and beaten people because he couldn't talk to them.Violence was the only language nobody could understand. There were no translators.”